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Radiotherapy and Your Skin: What Helps, and What to Skip
Gentle skin care advice for anyone having radiotherapy, covering washing, moisturiser, deodorant, clothing and sun protection, based on current UK guidance.
Treating Weak Nails During Chemo
Chemotherapy can leave nails brittle, ridged or lifting. Practical nail care tips, from glass files to gloves, and when to tell your treatment team.
Cold Caps and Scalp Cooling: An Honest Opinion
What scalp cooling involves, how well cold caps work, what they feel like and how to look after your hair if you use one. An honest guide for UK patients.
Losing Your Eyelashes During Chemo
Why chemotherapy affects your eyelashes, when they grow back, and how to apply false lashes when you have none of your own to work with.
Free NHS Help for Cancer Patients: What You Can Actually Claim
Free prescriptions, help with wigs and hospital travel costs. A plain guide to what cancer patients can claim across the UK, and how to apply for it.
Wig or Headscarf? How to Decide
An honest comparison of wigs, hats and headscarves during chemotherapy, including NHS wig costs and what each is actually like to live with.
Telling Your Children You're Losing Your Hair
How to talk to children about chemotherapy hair loss, what to say at different ages, and where to find free UK support for families facing this.
Hot Flushes and Night Sweats During Cancer Treatment
Why cancer treatment causes hot flushes and night sweats, practical ways to cope day and night, and what to ask your team about.
Cancer Fatigue: Why Sleep Doesn't Fix It
Cancer fatigue isn't ordinary tiredness and sleep doesn't fix it. Practical ways to manage your energy during treatment, and what to tell your team.
Mouth Ulcers and Taste Changes During Chemo
Why chemotherapy causes a sore mouth and makes food taste of metal, what actually helps, and the warning signs worth ringing your team about.
Finishing Treatment: What happens next?
Everyone celebrates when treatment ends, and a lot of people feel worse than they expected. Why that happens, and what helps in the months afterwards.
What to Buy Someone Going Through Chemo
Thoughtful gift ideas for someone having chemotherapy, from comfort items to practical help. Written by people who talk to cancer patients every day.