Here's my first hand experience on those surgeries I've hd. Things that have helped and hopefully might help sharin.
Your phsysio and crae team will be key and some of these maybe supplemental with their direction.
SIRT sugery
I'm not medically trained so this is not advice but simply some principles Ive followed and adapted according to surgery
type and situation.
- Tweak your diet in the lead up on the basis will want to come in strong as may be difficult to eat afterwards.
- IF like me you needed an extra day post recvery Tke it along with the rest. I had SIRT across the wholse of the livrer
so a bit more extensive and needing so recovery
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Mobilse in hospitable as soon as possible Keep as good as possible i.e leg and upper body ready for when weaker.
- If like me you needed an extra day Tke it along with the rest. I had SIRT across the wholse of the livrer
so a bit more extensive and needing so recovery
- Mobilise out of bed and hydrate after surgery.
I tried eating fairly soon after and was sick so would go slower next time
Tips for after discharge
- Post surgery
Initially very tired and just went slow, focus on hydarating and eating easy soft foods
.
- Post surgery
Pain and inflamation peaked around 2 weeks post. Opa technical success byt by product of inflamation. Initially CEA trippled
due to circulating cells
- Post surgery
Before scans showed effectiveness around 4 weeks post surgery.
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2 After diagnosis - Things to do in the first week or so following diagnosis
3 Before the next cancer treatment cycle -
What you may want to do ahead of the next cancer treatment cycle
4
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