Tips: Daily Life for Cancer Patients
Examination and Medication
Since the first time it was diagnosed as a cancer, make (or ask someone to accompany you to make) a daily notes about what are related with your cancer, such as : doctor’s diagnose, examination and laboratory results, names and medicine doses, achieved therapy, obligated diet, doctor/hospital visit (and for what purpose), all complains and changes on your condition, and also all things that look not so important ! Someday, you will need these notes.
-Ask your families or your friends when you are visiting doctor, and ask them to note the important things that doctor said.
-To avoid waiting too long, call your doctor one hour before to make sure that your doctor will not be late.
-Spare your time to visit your dentist before starting chemotherapy to avoid many problems emerged in the middle of medication.
-Cut your hair short before starting chemotherapy to avoid too much hair loss. And if your hair are loss, will not be too much.
-Be careful. 7-12 days before chemotherapy, you will easily get infected. Keep the sanitation and avoid being close with the sick person. If you caught a cold, go to your doctor immediately.
Activities
-Keep doing sport, although you only walk around your house, to get fresh air and keep your physic and mental be healthy.
-Keep doing daily activities, but don’t push yourself too much. Take a rest if you get tired.
-If you don’t have servants, it is a time to have servents, or ask your families to help you doing daily activities.
-If there is one of your organ feels pain, ask the pain medicine to the doctor. If you still feel the pain, ask other medicines. Don’t let the pain ruins your activities.
Entertainment
-Enjoy your life. Do the things you like to do, such as : visiting your families, watching movie, shopping in the mall, cooking, attending religious meeting, attending neighborhood saving club, repairing your car, taking care your plants, cleaning the house, or doing anything you like to do !
-Put your handphone near you. It is not only important when there is an emergency condition, but also important to call families, brothers and sisters, or friends to keep you feel happy.
-Turn off you phone when you want to take a rest. If it is needed, record your health development and use as message on your answering machine on your phone.
-If you must stay in bed for a long time, prepare the entertainment in your room, such as : TV, radio, magazines, books, telephone, etc.
Miscellaneous
-Move to the room that near to the bath room.
-Put on the bell button in the bath room, whenever you need a help.
-Prepare the gargling medicine and soft tooth brush. Sometimes, chemotherapy causes mouth inflammation. Try to have enough sleep to recover your condition.
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