I-Chemotherapy - yini ongayibuza udokotela wakho

Uthola i-chemotherapy. Lokhu ukwelashwa okusebenzisa imithi ukubulala amangqamuzana omdlavuza. Ngokuya ngohlobo lwakho lomdlavuza nohlelo lokwelashwa, ungathola i-chemotherapy ngenye yezindlela ezimbalwa. Lokhu kufaka phakathi:

• Ngomlomo
• Ngomjovo ngaphansi kwesikhumba (ngaphansi kwesikhumba)
• Ngomugqa we-intravenous (IV)
• Ijojowe ku-spinal fluid (intrathecal)
• Ukujova emgodini wesisu (intraperitoneal).

Umhlinzeki wakho wokunakekelwa kwezempilo angadinga ukukulandela eduze ngenkathi uthola i-chemotherapy. Uzodinga futhi nokufunda ukuthi ungazinakekela kanjani ngalesi sikhathi.

Ngezansi kunemibuzo ongafuna ukuyibuza umhlinzeki wakho.

Ingabe ngisengozini yokungenwa yizifo?

• Yikuphi ukudla okufanele ngikugweme ukuze ngingatholi ukutheleleka?
• Ingabe amanzi ami ekhaya Akulungile ukuphuza? Ingabe zikhona izindawo okungafanele ngiphuze kuzo amanzi?
• Ngingaya yini ukubhukuda?
• Yini okufanele ngiyenze lapho ngiya endaweni yokudlela?
• Ngingakwazi yini ukuba phakathi kwezilwane ezifuywayo?
• Yikuphi ukugoma engikudingayo? Yimiphi imigomo okufanele ngiqhelane nayo?
• KULUNGILE ukuba esixukwini sabantu? Ngabe ngidinga ukugqoka imaski?
• Ngingaba nezivakashi ngaphezulu? Ngabe badinga ukugqoka imaski?
• Kufanele ngigeze nini izandla zami?

Ingabe ngisengozini yokopha? Ingabe kulungile ukushefa? Yini okufanele ngiyenze uma ngizisika noma ngiqala ukopha?

Imiphi imishanguzo engathengiswa ekhanda, i-OTC) engayiphuza ngenxa yekhanda, umkhuhlane ovamile, nezinye izifo?

Ngabe ngidinga ukusebenzisa ukulawulwa kokubeletha?

Yini okufanele ngabe ngiyayidla ukugcina isisindo sami namandla kukhuphukile?

Ngabe ngizogula esiswini noma ngibe nezitulo ezixegayo noma isifo sohudo? Kuthatha isikhathi esingakanani ukuthi ngithole ukwelashwa ngamakhemikhali ngaphambi kokuba kuqale lezi zinkinga? Yini engingayenza uma ngiguliswa yisisu noma nginohudo kaningi?

Ngabe kukhona ukudla noma amavithamini okufanele ngikugweme?

Ingabe ikhona imithi okufanele ngiyigcine ikhona?

Ngabe ikhona imithi engingayiphuzi?

Ngiwunakekela kanjani umlomo nezindebe zami?

• Ngingazivikela kanjani izilonda zomlomo?
• Kufanele ngihlambe kangaki amazinyo? Uhlobo luni lomuthi wokuxubha okufanele ngilusebenzise?
• Yini engingayenza ngomlomo owomile?
• Yini okufanele ngiyenze uma nginesilonda somlomo?

Ingabe kulungile ukuba elangeni? Ngabe ngidinga ukusebenzisa i-sunscreen? Ingabe ngidinga ukuhlala endlini ngesikhathi sezulu esibanda?

Yini engingayenza ngokukhathala kwami?

Kufanele ngifonele nini udokotela?

Okufanele ubuze udokotela wakho ngamakhemikhali

Iwebhusayithi yeAmerican Cancer Society. Ukwelashwa ngamakhemikhali. www.cancer.org/treatment/treatment-and-side-effects/treatment-types/chemotherapy.html. Kubuyekezwe uFebhuwari 16, 2016. Kufinyelelwe ngoNovemba 12, 2018.

UCollins JM. I-Cancer pharmacology. Ku: Niederhuber JE, Armitage JO, Doroshow JH, Kastan MB, Tepper JE, abahleli. I-Abeloff’s Clinical Oncology. Umhlaka 5. IPhiladelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2014: isahluko 29.

Iwebhusayithi yeNational Cancer Institute. I-Chemotherapy nawe: ukwesekwa kwabantu abanomdlavuza. www.cancer.gov/publications/patient-education/chemotherapy-and-you.pdf. Kubuyekezwe uJuni 2011. Kufinyelelwe ngoNovemba 12, 2018.

• Isigaxa sobuchopho - izingane
• I-Brain tumor - eyinhloko - yabantu abadala
• Umdlavuza webele
• Ukwelashwa ngamakhemikhali
• Umdlavuza we-Colorectal
• IHodgkin lymphoma
• Umdlavuza wamaphaphu - iseli elincane
• I-non-Hodgkin lymphoma
• Umdlavuza we-Ovarian
• Umdlavuza wamasende

• Ngemuva kwamakhemikhali - ukukhishwa
• Ukopha ngesikhathi sokwelashwa komdlavuza
• Ukuphuza amanzi ngokuphepha ngesikhathi sokwelashwa komdlavuza
• Umlomo owomile ngesikhathi sokwelashwa komdlavuza
• Ukudla ama-calories amaningi lapho ugula - abantu abadala
• Ukudla ama-calories amaningi lapho ugula - izingane
• I-Oral mucositis - ukuzinakekela
• Ukudla okuphephile ngesikhathi sokwelashwa komdlavuza
• Lapho uhanjiswa yisisu
• Lapho unesicanucanu nokuhlanza

• I-Cancer Chemotherapy