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Mistletoe Extract as Cancer Therapy
Is mistletoe extract (ME) an anti-cancer therapy or an anti-side effect therapy? Or both? ME is one of those complementary therapies that often asked about in some of the online groups that I monitor. According
Continue readingChemotherapy-induced Diarrhea
Chemotherapy-induced Diarrhea. A side effect so common that it is expected and almost taken for granted. Yet, like most other short-term side effects that resolve once chemo stops, according to research,
Continue readingEarly-Onset Cancer- Survivors, Self-Mgmt?
Early-onset cancer diagnoses, defined as cancer occurring in people ages 18-49, has increased more than 79% since 1990. Deaths due to these early-onset cancer diagnoses rose 27.7% since 1990. According
Continue readingCancer Survivors have Older Hearts :-(
Cancer survivors (CS) have older hearts because most CS’s undergo chemotherapy. Chemotherapy that ages the person and ages the person’s heart. We all learn this in grade school but I’ll
Continue readingPost Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) & Cancer
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in cancer patients being diagnosed with an “incurable” cancer, undergoing aggressive therapies like a hematopoitic stem cell transplant and then having
Continue readingPre-Cancer- OverDiagnoses, OverTreatment?
Even the word pre-cancer can be terrifying. I read the fear in newly diagnosed patients writing in online groups daily. Let’s face it. The word cancer strikes fear into all who are diagnosed with
Continue readingChemo, Radiation = DNA Damage = Side Effects
“The drugs administered cause DNA damage of cancer cells, making them unable to survive. However, the treatment also damages the DNA of healthy cells, which leads to long-term side effects…” DNA
Continue readingChemotherapy-induced Hypertension-
Though I’ve written previously about chemotherapy-induced hypertension previously, that blog posts talked as much about cardiotoxicity and cardiomyopathy as they did about the increase in blood
Continue readingChemotherapy-induced Liver Damage
Chemotherapy-induced liver damage is not about the type of cancer you have but the type of FDA approved “safe and effective” therapy you are prescribed. And, according to the first two studies
Continue readingChemotherapy-Induced Nausea, Vomiting
Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) is one of the most difficult short-term side effects resulting from undergoing all types of chemo regimens. Difficult by making the patient feel awful. Difficult
Continue readingCancer Clinical Trials Misleading-
Clinical Trials are misleading- in my experience anyway. I say this because I have been reading articles, synopses, etc. about clinical trials since I reached complete remission from my own cancer in 1999.
Continue readingCardiotoxicity of Doxorubicin
Cardiotoxicity is a subject and side effect that is near and dear to my heart. I was prescribed dox as a part of my 6 rounds of induction therapy for my multiple myeloma. I then received two rounds of
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