What lifestyle impacts are there due to chemotherapy?
Chemotherapy affects people differently when it comes to side effects and their impact on daily life. The same ACS web page listed in the above answer also looks at sexuality and effects on your family. Cancer has emotional effects on you and your family as well. Sharing your feelings with family, friends, or a support group may be helpful. Counseling and spiritual support can give guidance and comfort. FLHO may be able to refer you to resources. You can also take advantage of the Internet to more easily keep family and friends updated about your condition and treatment. Caring Bridge, www.caringbridge.org, offers free web sites that are easy to set up and use for just such purposes. No programming knowledge or special software is needed. It is all done via a personal login and password through any computer connected to the Internet that has browser software installed. This site has the added convenience of allowing you to control who sees the site.
