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side effects ID and prevention Articles
Articles That Discuss side effects ID and prevention
Treatment-Related Secondary Cancer
Treatment-related secondary cancer is a little discussed but every present side effect of just about every conventional cancer therapy. When I read the article linked below I was inspired to post about
Continue readingTop Questions for your Cardiologist
I didn’t ask any of the questions listed below when I met with a cardiologist. I was diagnosed with chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy in late December of 2010. I have lived with cancer since my
Continue readingRadiation-induced Intestinal Damage
Radiation-induced intestinal damage is what oncologists call the short and long-term damage that cancer patients can sustain when getting radiation therapy to their lower back, pelvis, stomach, pretty
Continue readingSleep Hygiene with Heart Failure
“Regardless of sleep position, if you want to get a better night’s sleep with heart failure or any chronic condition, the main focus should be on good sleep hygiene…” Heart failure
Continue readingBreast Cancer Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
I encourage breast cancer patients to undergo hyperbaric oxygen therapy- especially if they’ve undergone radiation therapy. I say this because both chemo and radiation can kill cancer cells but also
Continue readingProstate Cancer Treatments Side Effects
Prostate cancer treatments and the possible side effects that result depend largely on the specific treatment that the PCa patient undergoes. While that may sound obvious (duh…), the article linked
Continue readingCardiotoxicity Testing
I’m writing about cardiotoxicity testing because I was diagnosed with chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy in late 2010, 15 years after I underwent several cardiotoxic chemo regimens aka known chemo
Continue readingHealth Benefits of Olive Oil
The health benefits of olive oil are many. Not only does olive oil kill my cancer, multiple myeloma, but it helps my chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy, helps my chemobrain, and helps my skin repair chemotherapy-induced
Continue readingComplementary Stroke Therapies
Complementary stroke therapies are therapies that can work with and even can enhance conventional stroke therapies. Complementary therapies are not alternative or integrative therapies. I am a long-term
Continue readingComplementary Therapies for Pain
Complementary therapies for pain are those treatments that people use in conjunction with other pain management therapies. For example, I have done 8 of the 10 complementary therapies listed below. Acupuncture,
Continue readingLong-Covid Supplementation-
When I titled this post I wasn’t sure if I was writing about long-covid supplementation or complementary long-covid therapies. I think you’ll get the idea once you read the post below. Especially
Continue readingChronic Pain Therapies-
I am an authority on chronic pain therapies. I say this because I live with many different long-term and late stage side effects from aggressive cancer therapies that have resulted in different types of
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