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Topic: Coping with Side Effects

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  • Posted on: Nov 18, 2009 05:35 pm
Joined: Nov 2009
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calli66 wrote:

Hi-

I have heard that sometimes complimentary therapies can help ease the side effects that chemo gives us. My grandmother is currently undergoing treatment for breast cancer... this is her second fight with it. We are now looking into some ways to help make her chemo therapy side effects easier to deal with. I have heard that accupunture can help with the nausea and that the benefits of regular message therapy on the body are really beneficial in helping the body to fight. Has anyone had experience with either of these? I want to feel somewhat like they may work before I take my grandmother around to all of these therapies.

Thanks-

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TXBadboob
Beasley, TX
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 532
Nov 21, 2009 09:17 am TXBadboob wrote:

calli, I don't know personally but I have read that the acupuncture helps a lot with the SEs.

Deen

Deen BRCA2+, ILC left breast, IDC right breast, neo-adj chemo
Diagnosis: 8/4/2008, ILC, 2cm, Stage IIa, Grade 1, 0/2 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-

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