The Side Effects of Cancer Treatment
Ok, so which is it kemo therapy or chemotherapy? Actually the correct spelling is chemotherapy but when you are searching online Google gives as much credibility to kemo therapy as chemotherapy. What really matters is what are the side effects of this particular treatment for cancer. How long will these effects last and is it worth it?
What is usually associated with chemotherapy is tiredness and lack of stamina in the long run. Fertility can be affected in the long term with certain types of kemo therapy. You really need to do some research on these side effects with the particular kind of treatment to be received.
It has been known that millions of women over 40 have experienced hair loss when undergoing chemotherapy. However there have been some ways found that will prevent this in some cases. That too can and should be researched.
The whole thing is that kemo therapy was designed to kill off the cancerous cells in the body. The negative side of that is that it also damages the healthy cells in the body. This is what causes the byproducts of the therapy.
How many side effects will you have? Good question. Some patients have considerable side effects while others have relatively few. It is a crap shoot.
We have listed the lack of stamina and the hair loss. Some other well known results are nausea, vomiting and pain. The healthy cells usually recover so as time goes on the side effects will gradually disappear.
The chemotherapy you have to undergo will have its own regimen and its own scheduled times. You may have to have a treatment every day, every week or every month. You may take the drugs you need by mouth or by a shot or intravenously.
So whichever way you may spell it is up to you. Just do your research, ask a lot of questions, and keep a positive attitude.
M.L. Lane writes for http://www.kemotherapy.org.
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