Watching a loved one deal with the side effects of chemo can be difficult. And even more so if you do not have a medical background that can help you anticipate some of what your loved one will experience, much less how to deal with the side effects of chemo.

Chemotherapy attacks cancer cells to arrest them and prevent them from growing and duplicating. But in the process, many normal cells are also affected throughout the body. Read on to see some of the side effects of chemo and ways to prevent or treat these side effects.

How do I get a chemo port?

You will have a minor surgical procedure to get the port put in. The procedure can be done in interventional radiology in the radiology department, or in a regular operating room. The surgery can be done by an interventional radiologist or by a surgeon. 

Chemotherapy is a special type of medicine used to treat cancer. It works by interfering with the division of rapidly dividing cells in your body.

Cancer cells are one type of cells that divide rapidly, but not the only kind.

Cancer cells start out as normal cells, but something happens to their DNA and their master file is not the same as normal cells anymore. Instead, these cancer cells now have a master file that is different from the genes of normal cells.

Let me try to explain cancer a bit differently

Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going gives excerpts of articles we have already discussed on our cancer journey, and introduces articles that will be presented as we go farther along this unwanted journey.