Cancer can have a long-lasting impact on every aspect of your life. Your medical team at the hospital and your doctor can work together to care for your needs and worries as they come up.
Living well after cancer treatment – Cancer Research UK
If you are affected by cancer, Cancer Matters Wessex has lots of information on local support and services, including:
This video from Dorset County Hospital and the Dorset Cancer Partnership provides health and wellbeing information for patients, relatives and carers, aimed at supporting you to make healthier lifestyle changes and improve your quality of life.
Prehabilitation
Prehabilitation or prehab means getting ready for cancer treatment in whatever time you have before it starts.
It covers:
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Exercise, diet and healthy living with cancer
Physical activity can be an important part of your recovery after cancer treatment.
During treatment, even just spending less time sitting down and taking short walks can help.
Being active has many benefits and can help to:
Being active at recommended levels and keeping to a healthy weight may reduce the risk of certain cancers coming back.
If you are not used to exercising or haven’t exercised for a while, you may worry you’re not going to be able to keep it going. Being active doesn’t mean you have to exercise intensely. To start with it can be as simple as going for short walks, doing things around the house or gardening.
Exercise, diet and healthy living with cancer – NHS Inform
Dorset has some excellent resources to help you stay fit and healthy.
Body image and cancer
Certain cancer treatments can change the way your body looks which can alter the way you think or feel about it.
Your sex life and cancer
A diagnosis of cancer and cancer treatment may affect your sex life.
