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Breast Cancer Treatment: What Side Effects Can You Expect?

Breast Cancer Treatment: What Side Effects Can You Expect? This week’s blog post will be focusing on the topic of the side effects of breast cancer treatment. Different treatments for breast cancer will help you beat your disease in the long run, but unfortunately some of the main immediate problems that patients face are side effects of these treatments. Hormonal therapy, chemotherapy and radiation therapy are some of the most common treatments, and while you're preparing for them, we want to best prepare you so that you are able to remain informed about the possible side effects that you may experience. Hormonal Therapy Hormonal therapy may include estrogen or progesterone inhibitor drugs. As a cause of the additional hormones in your body, which causes hormonal imbalance, you may experience:   1. Fatigue 2. Constipation, Diarrhoea, and/or Nauseousness 3. Abnormal menstrual cycles 4. Menopausal state 5. Hair loss and thinning  6. Weight loss   7. Bone
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What Should you Eat During Treatment?

Welcome to this week’s blog post. Today we’ll be talking about nutrition and breast cancer including your diet during treatment and recovery. Breast cancer treatment is often very brutal to the body, and having a healthy nutrition plan is key to successfully recovering. How Frequent Should Your Meals Be? First and foremost, it is important to have a balanced meal as the body needs proper nutrition and energy to recover. Chemotherapy, radiation, hormonal therapy etc. affect your diet as they have quite a few side effects, but it is essential to maintain your diet. Treatment causes changes in appetite so during treatment it is better to have short and frequent meals Radiation therapy might cause nausea and vomiting- however, it is important that you do not stop eating as your body requires the nutrients and energy. Ask your doctor which anti-sickness drug is safe to consume for you. Drink a lot of fluids: water, tea, juices, smoothies to help your body rehydrate at regular inte
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Welcome to the blog!

Welcome to the PCCM Blog This blog aims to provide information and counselling on breast cancer, its causes, the underlying risk factors, life style, issues, prevention and early detection options, symptoms, and more. What is Prashanti Cancer Care Mission? The Prashanti Cancer Care Mission is a non-profit organization associated with Orchids Breast Health Clinic that works towards spreading awareness about Breast Cancer amongst Indian women and provide subsidised/free treatment to underprivileged cancer patients. Our hope is that through posting weekly blog posts, Prashanti will be able to reach a wider audience and help educate those who are either suffering from breast cancer, or know someone who is. How can you contribute? One of the main aims of Prashanti, is to help fund the treatment of underprivileged patients. Simply by browsing, skimming and sharing our weekly posts, you are contributing to the cause. If you would like to learn more about the Prashanti Cancer
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