Side Effects After Stopping Chemotherapy

Palliative care can be used whether you are getting cancer treatment or not.

Side effects after stopping chemotherapy.

Some side effects of chemotherapy only happen while you re having treatment and disappear quickly after it s over. Pain weakness numbness tingling in the hands and feet peripheral neuropathy. Chemo is intended to destroy fast growing cancer cells but it can also have some harsh and unpleasant side effects. Weakening of the heart muscle cardiomyopathy problems with your heart rhythm arrhythmia heart attack.

Chemotherapy may also increase your odds of having heart problems such as. Others can linger for months or years or may never completely go away. Additionally the age at which you were treated may determine what late side effects if any might be of risk to you. Fatigue hair loss easy bruising and bleeding infection anemia low red blood cell counts nausea and vomiting appetite changes constipation diarrhea mouth tongue and throat problems such as sores and pain with swallowing.

Some chemo drugs can also cause. The canadian cancer society provides an extensive list of late and long term side effects of cancer treatment 3. Chemotherapy can kill cancer cells but it can t distinguish between. Being open and honest with your oncology.

Fatigue pain learning and memory problems nervous system changes lymphedema osteoporosis mouth and teeth problems vision changes weight changes decreased thyroid function menopausal. If the decision to stop treatment is made at some point you might benefit from hospice care. Will stopping chemotherapy mean i stop seeing you and your team altogether. If i stop treatment will my side effects such as pain and nausea go away.

You can learn more in palliative care. As with late side effects in adult cancer survivors late side effects in childhood cancer survivors will vary depending on the type of cancer and type of treatment.