Life after cervical cancer

Life after cancer of the cervix can also be full. Although this disease is considered very serious, many women still managed to get rid of it. In order to quickly return after this to a normal healthy and fulfilling life, the patients are encouraged to use the following recommendations. First of all, the following conditions should be combined:

• Healthy food;
• do sport;
• maintain adequate weight.

It is also important to end bad habits forever and learn to maintain patience and calmness.

The condition of the woman after the course of treatment depends on the stage at which the diagnosis was made and the therapy itself. In some cases, a simple operation is enough, but if the patient is diagnosed with severe malignant disorders, radio or chemotherapy may be needed.

Try to eat balanced and right - only quality and healthy food. To improve your well-being, you should constantly eat fruit and vegetable products, poultry meat and fish - all this needs to be cooked for a couple. Useful for health will be the use of whole-grain cereals, nuts and beans. But fried food and food, saturated with animal fats, should not be eaten.

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Life after radiotherapy for cervical cancer

Complications after radiation therapy can be both local and general. They can manifest themselves at an early stage, even during treatment, and after months or even a year after its completion.

The early stage of the reaction to therapy is manifested by such symptoms as nausea, worsening of appetite, vomiting, a decrease in the number of thrombotic, leukemia and lymphocytes in the blood. Cope with these complications can be with the help of a sparing diet, high-calorie food, blood transfusions, and the intake of vitamins. But if these measures do not work, you have to stop the course of radiation therapy.

Some of the patients may experience problems in life after radiation therapy of the cervix due to the oppression of the hematopoietic organs. To prevent this problem, you need to take a blood test every 3 months in the first few years, and then do the same procedure at least 2 times a year. If there is leukopenia or anemia, the analysis can be done more often according to the indications.

The oppression of hematopoietic activity in the bone marrow after therapy will require special treatment, which must be systematically correct and complex. Life after cancer of the cervix is then held in such restorative activities as improving working and resting conditions, increased nutrition, and the intake of vitamins. The following procedures are also performed:

• additional transfusion of blood or red blood cells or leukocytes;
• taking drugs that stimulate the appearance of leukocytes; 
• Reception of funds that improve the reproduction of red blood cells.

Food

With oncology, it is recommended to eat more vegetables, berry, fruit products, as well as cereals. They contain antioxidants, helping to cleanse the body of free radicals. Products should also be fresh and quality.

Medical research shows that for preventive purposes or with an already existing disease, every day there are up to 5 servings of plant products. Food should be consumed fresh, without going through heat treatment (maximum that you can allow - steaming).

When cancer is cervical, fatty acids should be used. Include sunflower oil in your food ration, as well as fish.

The protein in the body must come from dairy products, meat can also be consumed, but you can do without it, replacing it with fish. In the event that you decide to leave meat in the diet, eat it should not be more than 1-2 times / week, trying to consume its low-fat varieties.

Decoctions and tinctures on herbs will also be very useful. You can drink green tea, because it also has antioxidants.

The food ration should not contain the following products:

• Semi-finished products;
• Fried and fatty foods;
• Sharp, heavily salted, smoked dishes;
• Cocoa and chocolate;
• Strong tea;
• Sweets with cream;
• Alcohol;
• Control the level of consumption of sugar and salt.

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Sport

Thanks to constant physical exercises you can not only improve your physical form, but also speed up the process of healing and recovery after an oncological illness. Studies show that regular exercise helps to improve mood, good sleep, strengthen immunity, relieve depression.

Those who have just completed an intensive course of treatment, immediately proceed to serious stress is not recommended. Begin rehabilitation is best with a quick walk and walks on the street. In bad weather, you can practice on an exercise bike or a treadmill. You can increase the load only by consulting with a doctor. Optimal mode - fast walking for 30-40 minutes. 4-5 times / week.

Life after cervical cancer should be active, physical exercises should please, and not strain, so do not exercise if you feel unwell or tired. Adjust the load, taking into account its capabilities.

Most scientific studies demonstrate that, due to constant exercise in sports, the risk of recurrence of the disease becomes much lower, and most body systems become stronger and more enduring.

Intimate life after cervical cancer

Most of the patients after a successful course of treatment quickly enough to undergo rehabilitation and continue to live a full intimate life after cervical cancer. Although there are also many patients who because of this experience serious problems and do not know how to cope with them.

An intimate life after cervical cancer is possible. There are various options in which doctors allow patients to continue to have sex:

• If the uterus persists. In this case, after reconstitution therapy, the opportunity to become pregnant and give birth to a child is sometimes returned;
• If the uterus is removed from the patient. Under such conditions, the libido will depend on whether the ovaries have been removed - if not removed, the opportunity to have sex can be restored;
• If all organs are removed. To restore the hormonal background and women's sexual health can be through hormonal procedures and the implementation of intimate plastics.

In all cases, women who are forced to undergo surgery because of cervical cancer should not lose faith in themselves and optimistic mood. Return to a full rhythm of life will depend only on you, you only need to find the desire and the strength in order to recover.

Rehabilitation period

What will be life after cervical cancer and the woman's well-being depends on several factors. This is the method of treatment, the stage at which the disease was diagnosed, and the age of the patient. After the completion of therapeutic therapy, it is important to undergo the correct rehabilitation period, consisting of several rehabilitation procedures that can improve efficiency and improve health. There are such methods:

• Eating light and natural foods, changing the diet;
• Walking every day;
• Daily exercise;
• Maintain optimal weight and maintain good health;
• Regular passage of medical examinations;
• If necessary, go to a psychologist.

Since you will need to lead a healthy lifestyle, bad habits will have to be forgotten - smoking and alcohol will be unacceptable for you. Even being near to smokers can cause a relapse, which can worsen a patient's condition.

It is very important also for several years to constantly undergo an examination with an oncologist - so any problems or relapse will be detected on time. Timely detection of the disease will allow for operative treatment, not allowing complications.

Sick leave

In the treatment of cervical cancer, there may be a need for a biopsy. In this case, a small piece is taken for examination under a microscope with high power. Based on the results of the biopsy, the correct diagnosis is established and the optimal method of treatment is selected. Post-biopsy diagnosis becomes final, accuracy is no longer contested.

When the biopsy is performed in an outpatient setting, the woman receives a sick leave for 2 days, and if this procedure is performed in a hospital, the sheet can be extended to 10 days.

If a cavitary operation is performed, the patient should stay in the hospital for about 2 weeks. Staples are removed from the suture 7 days after the operation, and the speed of wound healing depends only on the woman's body.

With the global removal of all lymph nodes and ligaments in the small pelvis, serious changes occur, which makes the recovery period longer.

Postoperative therapy helps restore water-electrolyte balance and prevent the appearance of inflammation.

In general, the period of the sick leave sheet after the operation for the removal of the uterus can be 25-45 days.