by Alignd | Oct 10, 2022 | Articles, Palliative Care, Patients' Resources
Palliative care can help you manage breast cancer. A diagnosis of serious breast cancer is scary. You’re faced with treatments such as surgery, chemotherapy or radiation, and side effects and symptoms such as pain, nausea, fatigue and anxiety. Things can feel...
by Shivani Ranchod | Nov 19, 2020 | Palliative Care, Patients' Resources, Patients’ stories
For many people, accessing effective palliative care will mean the ability to live longer and to experience each moment of their lives more fully as a result of effective pain and symptom management, and holistic assessment of physical, psychological, social,...
by Alignd | Mar 20, 2020 | Palliative Care, Patients' Resources
An advance care plan helps you do the job of discovering, clarifying, and communicating what is important to you towards the end of your life. You can download one here. Ninety percent of us say that talking about our end of life wishes with a loved one is important,...
by Alignd | Mar 19, 2020 | Palliative Care, Patients' Resources
Consider joining one of these active support groups which connect cancer patients, their loved ones and caregivers with others who have “been there”, and provide a safe place to share and work through feelings and challenges. Hearing the news that you or someone you...
by Alignd | Mar 19, 2020 | Palliative Care, Patients' Resources
Take a look at this list of questions to ask your palliative care doctor so you feel informed and empowered during your illness. When you’re diagnosed with a serious illness, it’s common to have a mixture of many emotions – fear, anger, sadness, anxiety, guilt. But...
by Alignd | Mar 19, 2020 | Palliative Care, Patients' Resources
We answer some of the most commonly asked questions around palliative care from patients and their families. Do I need to stop seeing my oncologist if I start to see a palliative care doctor?No, palliative care is an extra layer of support and the palliative care...
