Some days, cancer fatigue doesn’t feel like tiredness at all. It feels like gravity got stronger overnight. You might sleep and still wake up worn out, or sit down “for a minute” and realize an hour disappeared. If you’re in treatment, newly diagnosed, or even in remission, this kind of fatigue can be confusing and…
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Cancer Hypercalcemia: Early Signs, Home Safety Steps, and When It’s an ER Emergency
Some Cancer symptoms feel loud, like a siren. Others whisper. Cancer hypercalcemia often starts as a whisper, excessive thirst, a foggy morning, a stomach that just won’t settle. It can sneak in by elevating blood calcium levels during active treatment, during a stressful scan cycle, or even when life is slowly returning in remission and…
Read moreChemo Infusion Reactions: Early Signs, What to Say in the Moment, and What Happens Next
The infusion chair can feel like a small island, even with your health care team nearby. There’s a pole, a pump, warm blankets, and time that moves in its own strange way. You might be trying to be brave for your family, or for yourself, or just to get through one more hour, mindful of…
Read moreTaste is part of the joy of eating. I
Taste is part of the joy of eating. It’s also one of the quiet ways we feel at home in our bodies. When chemotherapy takes that away, it can sound small next to nausea, fatigue, or hair loss. But it can hit hard, day after day, meal after meal. I didn’t expect how sad it…
Read moreTaste is part of the joy of eating. It’s also one of the quiet ways we feel at home in our bodies. When chemotherapy takes that away, it can sound small next to nausea, fatigue, or hair loss. But it can hit hard, day after day, meal after meal.
Taste is part of the joy of eating. It’s also one of the quiet ways we feel at home in our bodies. When chemotherapy takes that away, it can sound small next to nausea, fatigue, or hair loss. But it can hit hard, day after day, meal after meal. I didn’t expect how sad it…
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