Coping physically

• Blood calcium levels

  • Body calcium

  • High calcium

  • Managing high calcium

  • Low calcium levels

  • What to ask

  • About this section

  • Organisations

  • Reading list

• Bowel problems

  • The bowel

  • Types of problems

    • The bowel and cancer

    • Diarrhoea

      • Symptoms

      • Causes

      • Managing

        • Assessment

        • Treatment

        • Tips

      • What to ask

    • Constipation

      • Symptoms

      • Causes

      • Managing

        • Assessment

        • Diet

        • Laxatives

      • What to ask

    • Obstruction

    • Other bowel problems

      • Chronic constipation

      • Wind

      • Colostomy and ileostomy

  • What to ask

  • About this section

  • Organisations

  • Reading list

• Breathing problems

  • Breathlessness

  • Symptoms

  • Causes

  • Treating breathlessness

    • Your doctor

    • Helping yourself

  • What to ask

  • About this section

  • Organisations

  • Reading list

• Cancer and pain control

  • About cancer pain

  • Types and causes

  • Treating pain

    • Who treats pain

    • Measuring pain

    • Barriers to treatment

    • How it's treated

    • Painkillers

      • What they are

      • Types

      • Side effects

    • What to ask

  • Support

  • Research

  • What to ask

  • About this section

  • Organisations

  • Reading list

• Diet problems

  • About diet problems

    • Why diet is important

    • Types of problems

    • Causes

      • The cancer

      • Treatment

    • What to ask

  • Managing diet problems

    • Where to start

    • Drugs for diet problems

      • Drugs

      • Side effects

    • Soft diet

      • Why have it

      • Difficulty swallowing

      • Meals

    • Tube feeding

    • Putting on weight

      • Boosting energy

      • Adding calories

      • High calorie drinks

    • Alternative diets

    • Tips

    • Advanced cancer

    • What to ask

  • Your feelings

  • Research

  • What to ask

  • About this section

  • Organisations

  • Reading list

• Fever

  • What fever is

  • Causes of fever

    • The cancer

    • Infection

      • Where infection starts

      • Infection after treatment

      • Infection types

      • Symptoms

    • Other causes

  • Treating fever

    • Finding the cause

    • Treating the cause

    • Treating symptoms

  • What to ask

  • About this section

  • Organisations

  • Reading list

• GVHD

  • About GVHD

  • Symptoms

  • Diagnosis

  • Prevention

  • Treatment

    • Acute GVHD

    • Chronic GVHD

    • Drugs for GVHD

  • What to ask

  • About this section

  • Organisations

  • Reading list

• Hormone symptoms

  • Sex hormones

  • Coping

    • Flushes and sweats

    • Sex symptoms

    • Thinking and memory

    • Bone loss

    • Mood changes

    • Breast swelling in men

    • Urinary problems in women

    • Weight and muscle changes

    • Sleep problems

    • Heart problems and diabetes

  • What to ask

  • About this section

  • Organisations

  • Reading list

• Lymphoedema

  • About

  • Risk

  • Symptoms

  • Diagnosis

  • Treating

    • Types

    • Skin care

    • Compression

    • Massage

    • Exercise

    • Research

  • Coping

  • Organisations

  • Reading list

  • About this section

• Mouth problems

  • Types and causes

  • Treating mouth problems

  • Mouth care

  • What to ask

  • About this section

  • Organisations

  • Reading list

• Sickness

  • About sickness

  • Causes

    • Cancer

    • Treatment

    • Other causes

  • Treating sickness

    • How to treat

    • Drug types

    • Side effects

    • Other ways

    • Advanced cancer

  • What to ask

  • About this section

  • Organisations

  • Reading list

• Sex, sexuality and cancer

  • About your sexuality and sex life

  • How cancer can affect your sexuality and sex life

  • Sex and cancer for women

  • Sex and cancer for men

  • Sex and cancer if you are single

  • Sex and cancer for partners

  • About this section

  • Organisations

  • Reading list

• Skin problems

  • The skin

  • Types of problems

  • Dealing with skin problems

    • Itching

    • Sweating

    • Sore skin

  • What to ask

  • About this section

  • Organisations

  • Reading list

• Spinal cord compression

  • What it is

  • Treating

  • What to ask

  • About this section

  • Organisations

  • Reading list

• Tiredness

  • What fatigue is

  • Symptoms

  • Causes

  • How to measure it

  • Treating fatigue

  • Research

  • What to ask

  • About this section

  • Organisations

  • Reading list

• Ulcerating cancers

  • What they are

  • Symptoms

  • Looking after them

  • Treating ulcerating cancers

  • Life with an ulcerating cancer

  • What to ask

  • About this section

  • Organisations

  • Reading list