Life continues even after a cancer diagnosis and so do people. The only thing different is their way of dealing with it. Rather than wallowing in sadness, one should try to acquire as much knowledge as possible about the disease and its treatment methods.
Following are a few tips to deal cancer effectively.

• Continue to maintain as much of your previous routine as possible. Maintaining a positive attitude towards life and doing the things that you love doing can contribute immensely in dealing with cancer. The activities like gardening that you never really found time for before, should be included in your routine.
• Always make sure you take second opinions. There could be times when you are not fed with the right piece of information. There is no harm in verifying the diagnosis. Enlighten yourself on the subject by reading as much as you can, trying reaching out to other survivors and talking to them. Survivors are sure to understand your plight much better than someone who hasn’t been through it before. Their advice and thoughts might make your approach in dealing with this situation more positive.
• Eat those food items which revitalise your immune system. For example, tomatoes are good for prostate cancer.
• Have a family member or a friend accompany you to the doctor’s. This will help in ensuring that all the queries are answered.
• Cancer treatments like Chemotherapy include the use of radiation which is known to impair one’s immune system to a large extent. Hence, while undergoing treatment for cancer, make sure that you take all possible precautions in order to avoid infection, since the impairment of the immune system makes one more vulnerable to them.
• The cancer treatment can upset your stomach, and in that case switch to decaf coffee. Caffeine causes stomach issues, especially in cancer patients and hence all other sources of caffeine like soda, chocolates etc, should also be avoided.
• Making significant changes in one’s lifestyle is one of the most important facets of dealing with cancer and eventually coming out of it. People who make changes in their diet and lifestyle are generally the ones who emerge victorious in the fight against cancer.
• The more your awareness regarding cancer, the better are your chances of surviving the disease.
• Take care of your diet and exercising in order to recuperate completely. The most important thing to take care of when you have cancer is the food that you put into your mouth. Giving the required nutrition to the body in order to strengthen the immune system and exercising in order to keep fit and feel good.
• Try to put your finger on the underlying problem which led to the development of a cancerous tumour in your body.

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