Nausea

Tips: Take your prescribed anti-nausea medication, have many small meals throughout the day, get lots of fluids, and sit up for an hour after eating.

Reflux

Tips: Take liquid antacids (30 minutes after meals and at bedtime), eat small/frequent meals, avoid tight clothing, sleep with the head of your bed raised 4-8 inches above the floor, sleep on your right side.

Constipation

Tips: Drink lots of fluids, eat foods containing fibre, get some light exercise after meals, try to eat at the same time each day.

Brain fog

Tips: Stay hydrated, stay organized, use coping strategies and stress-reducing strategies, engage in repetitive exercises to train your brain.

Aches and pains

Tips: Use hot/cold packs, stay active, massage, or medications like acetaminophen and ibuprofen.

Peripheral neuropathy

Tips: Hold onto a cold water bottle during chemotherapy , find ways to avoid injury (consider a cane, check water temperature with your elbow, wear mittens in the winter, make sure there are no pebbles in your shoes, wear cotton socks, check feet for irritation, sores), and consider medications.

Fatigue

Tips: Balance rest with activity, short rests are better than long rests, try to keep a normal sleep routine, drink lots of fluids, and eat many small meals each day.

Low blood counts

Tips: Try to eat a well-balanced diet (including your comfort foods, if possible!), and try to avoid injury and germs.

Hair loss

Tips: Use a soft hairbrush and mild shampoos (baby shampoo), cut hair short before hair loss, use a satin pillowcase, consider if a wig/head covering is right for you.

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Sexual changes

Tips: Watch our Speaker Series: The 411 on sexual changes after cancer.