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Help Yourself During Chemotherapy
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Chemotherapy: How You Can Help
Chemotherapy is treating cancer with drugs that kill cancer cells.
What you do during chemotherapy is important to your health. This information talks about ways to help yourself:
-Feel better
-Solve problems that come up
-Work with your doctor to get well
If you have any questions after reading this, ask your doctor or nurse. They can tell you more about chemotherapy.
4 Steps for You to Help Yourself During Chemotherapy:
Step 1:Tell your doctor if you get side effects from treatment
Step 2:Ask your doctor before you take any other medicine
Step 3:Take care of your health
Step 4:Talk about your feelings
Talk to your doctor and nurse about these four steps. Ask questions about the information that you are about to read. Be sure to know how to do your part in helping chemotherapy work for you.
To learn more about cancer, call the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service at 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237). The people who answer your call will talk with you about chemotherapy or any other cancer questions you have.
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