Healing from Cancer

Day #8 of #8 – Radiotherapy Treatment – Bleeding is Serious Side Effect

It is the last day of radiotherapy treatment! I made it! I am so happy and grateful! But today’s Victory is bittersweet. Around 5 am earlier that day, there was blood in the rectal discharge. I did read on some online medical sites that internal bleeding could be one of the side effects of radiotherapy …

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Day #5 of #8 – Radiotherapy Treatment – Unnecessary Delays

It was already the 5th day of the radiotherapy treatment. And you would have thought the radiation therapists have a fixed schedule for my sessions. But no, it turned out that they are quite disorganized. Appointments Scheduled Later and Later After my treatment, the usual next step would be to arrange for the next appointment. …

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Day #3 of #8 – Radiotherapy Treatment – Loss of Appetite

Radiotherapy Side Effect – Loss of Appetite Ever since the stoma surgery, my appetite has not been good. Delicious foods and dishes in Singapore that I used to enjoy tasted different. A few bites, and I would lose my appetite eating them. Nurses and friends have shared with me that people they know who went …

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Day #2 of #8 – Radiotherapy Treatment – Dealing with Side Effects

Free Transport to Radiotherapy Treatments I am so lucky! After I returned home from the 1st day’s radiotherapy treatment, I received a call from a gentleman. He was the driver for the transport for National Cancer Society of Singapore. And my request for free transportation to and from my home and the National Cancer Centre …

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