Day-to-Day Matters
Page last modified on: September 4, 2008
When breast cancer treatment is over and you're unsure about what life will be like, we want to encourage you to act today as if there is a tomorrow—a lot of tomorrows! We hope the information you find here will help you get as much joy and satisfaction as possible out of every day for the rest of your life.
In the following pages of the Day-to-Day Matters section, you can learn about:
- Ways to Prepare for a Natural Disaster
- Information on what to do if a natural disaster occurs during your breast cancer treatment.
- Nutrition
- How foods and dietary supplements affect your risk factors, recovery, and treatments.
- Pain
- Types of pain, what causes it, and what you can do about it.
- Understanding Your Immune System
- How your immune system works and how you can strengthen it.
- Managing Fatigue
- What causes fatigue and what you can do about it.
- Arm Lymphedema
- Who gets Lymphedema, how to avoid it, and how to treat it.
- Managing Menopausal Symptoms
- How to manage hot flashes, depression, memory problems, weight gain, vaginal dryness, and more.
- Bone Health
- Measuring bone density, dealing with osteoporosis, effects of breast cancer treatment on your bones, and what you can do to help keep them strong.
- Seasonal Tips
- Ways to manage seasonal issues during breast cancer treatment, including information on taking care of your skin in the summer, and finding the right bathing suit.
- Sex and Intimacy
- Changes in your intimate relationships during and after breast cancer, and how to deal with them.
- Hair, Skin, and Nails
- Learn tips and tricks for managing treatment side effects, including a helpful list of resources.
- Fertility, Pregnancy, Adoption
- Information about how breast cancer treatment can affect your ability to have children, and what you can do to increase your chances.
- Talking to Your Family and Friends about Breast Cancer
- Tips for talking about your breast cancer diagnosis with your partner, children, and friends.
- Breast Cancer and Your Job
- Ways to manage the emotional, physical, and legal aspects of balancing your job and your treatment.
- Managing Your Medical Records
- Suggestions about the detailed information you should collect about your treatment and how to organize it.
- Staying on Track with Treatment
- Why it's so important to stick to your treatment plan, take the full course of medications, and continue with regular tests and doctors' visits to keep yourself healthy into the future.