This is a condensed version of a longer post that was published on the Breast Cancer Yoga Blog entitled:
Cancer Pre-Treatment Check List – 6 Tips To Make Your Life Easier Once You Begin Treatments
You can read the full post at:
http://breastcanceryogablog.com/2014/01/22/cancer-pre-treatment-check-list/
Receiving a diagnosis of cancer can be overwhelming. There are so many questions swirling through your mind and so many things to put in order. Here is a short list of 6 tips suggested by other patients to help make your treatment both more comfortable and better organized.
2. Schedule a Dental Appointment
3. Order some new products in advance to test them to see if you have any reactions to them, and to see if you like their feel and other characteristics.
4. Make a list of things that need to be done and circulate it to friends and family so that they can sign up to help you.
5. Create a treatment goody bag for yourself
6. Meet with a Naturopathic doctor
Each of these 6 tips should help to reduce the uncertainty and confusion that come with a cancer diagnosis and treatment plan. Try to organize and simplify your daily schedule whenever possible. Don’t forget to ask for help!
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Thank you for sharing Maryann.
January 25, 2014 - 10:24amThe full blog post (click hyperlink) gives further descriptions and suggestions for each of the 6 tips.
I put this list together with the help of a few cancer patients who gave their insights and input with the objective of helping individuals who have recently been diagnosed.
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Thank you for sharing these tips with the EmpowHER community.
In some ways, I consider myself a veteran of cancer treatment. In the last five years, I have been diagnosed and battled two primary cancers. From experience, I can say getting things done before treatment is essential. Getting the housework and grocery shopping done before the day of chemotherapy helps reduce your workload once the chemo fatigue sets in. Making a double recipe and freezing the second was one way I was certain my family had dinner while I was in the hospital for cancer related surgery.
Regards,
January 24, 2014 - 11:13amMaryann
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