Post-Treatment Collateral Damage: Long Term Side Effects

The Cancer Pod: Integrative Medicine Talk

We're talking talk sh!t in this one, survivorsh!t, that is. Along the way, we drop tips for how to lessen the long-term side effects of cancer treatments that put a real wrench in survivorship. This 40,000-foot view hits on many lingering effects and helps you understand how and why some may improve while others may not. Tune in to be entertained and enlightened; at least, that’s the idea!
Links we mentioned on this episode and other cool stuff:

File under "weirdness:" How toxoplasmosis makes rats want to befriend cats

You've got good reasons: Chocolate makes you feel better by affecting your gut bacteria.

I'm not crying, you are: Here's why Navy Seals use breathing techniques to stay calm (Box Breathing).

Try this: How to Box Breathe

Tactile calming strips- ooh, so calming...
Flower Power! 20 Edible Flowers You Can Grow

Data Drop: Heart failure risk lingers long after chemotherapy, regardless of dose

Factoid: Brown rice has red/blue/purple pigments

Good news! Probiotics during chemo reduced the incidence of chemobrain!

Links to some of our previous episodes:
E 1 Hot Flashes: Talkin’ ‘bout Triggers
E 2 Hot Flashes: Talkin’ ‘bout Treatments
E 3 HotFlashes: Talkin’ ‘bout More Treatments
E 15: Survivorship/ Survivorsh!t Bone Health
E 40 Curcumin: Supplements 101
E 16: Survivorship/ Survivorsh!t: Chemo Brain
E 14: Survivorship/ Survivorshi!t Fatigue
E35: Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy

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Chapters

1. What's the one piece of advice you always give? (00:00:00)

2. What's the other "one thing" you'd advise? (00:00:53)

3. Box Breathing- Navy Seals do it?! (00:02:35)

4. Intro to this episode (00:05:59)

5. Cardiovascular risks. How to lessen them? (00:11:14)

6. Flower Power! (00:13:25)

7. The HPA axis and STRESS! (00:16:05)

8. Other long term effects: endocrine issues (00:18:42)

9. Vitamin E, Calendula, Corn Silk to soothe long term pelvic effects (00:24:06)

10. Lingering pain- what you can do (00:30:16)

11. Gut issues & what you can do (00:41:26)

12. Sometimes effects are not reversible (00:45:50)

13. A general rule for expectations of tissue repair (00:51:22)

14. Fatigue - what can you do (00:54:52)

15. Weight & body image issues (00:56:14)

16. Wrap up (01:03:56)