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SEPTEMBER 2015 • ISSUE 122
Managing Cancer Pain
Managing pain is an important part of cancer treatment. When you are pain-free,
you can sleep better and do normal activities. Freedom from pain may even help
cancer treatments work better.
Cancer pain may result from the disease itself or from medical testing and
treatment. Tell your health care provider about any pain you have. Be sure to tell
your cancer care team immediately if you have any new pain, or if pain gets worse.
Pain specialists use many methods to control pain. They include medication,
acupuncture, relaxation, and distraction. Your health care team and you will develop
a plan that best suits your needs. You may also consider seeing a pain specialist.
Huntsman Cancer Institute’s Pain Medicine and Palliative Care Program can help
with pain and other problems your cancer may cause. Their goal is to give patients
and their families the best possible quality of life. For more information, call the
Cancer Learning Center at 801-581-6365 or 1-888-424-2100.
The G. Mitchell Morris Cancer
Learning Center (CLC) is
a free resource library on
the 6th floor of the
Cancer Hospital.
801-581-6365
1-888-424-2100
www.huntsmancancer.org/clc
CANCER LEARNING
CENTER RESOURCES
BOOKS
Fast Facts: Chronic and Cancer Pain
By Michael J. Cousins
Mayo Clinic Guide to Pain Relief
Edited by Barbra Bruce and Tracy
Harrison
Beauty Pearls For Chemo Girls:
Fashion, Hair, Makeup, Skin Care,
and More!
By Marybeth Maida
Beautiful Again: Restoring Your
Image and Enhancing Body Changes
By Jan Willis with Sharon Coulter
DVDs
The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen
By Jeanne Wallace, Rebecca Katz,
and Healing Journeys, Inc.
The Road Ahead: Coping with
Cancer Chemotherapy—for
Patients and Families
By Cancervive
The G. Mitchell Morris
Cancer
Learning
Center
Accurate information. Compassionate answers.
Accurate information. Compassionate answers.
THE CANCER LEARNING CENTER NEWSLETTER
SEPTEMBER 2015 • ISSUE 122
When Cancer Changes How You Look
QUESTIONS ABOUT CANCER?
Side effects of cancer treatment can change how you look as well as how you
feel. Some people go through cancer with few changes. Others may face major
changes in their appearance.
The Cancer Learning Center has more
than 3,000 books, CDs, and DVDs on a
variety of cancer topics available for free
checkout. Talk one-on-one with trained
and caring staff, or send an e-mail or
text message for answers to your cancer
questions. Free for everyone.
Hair Loss
Hair loss can be one of the most
visible side effects of cancer
treatment. Many people do not lose
their hair at all. Patients with hair
loss find many ways to cope. Some
shave their heads, cut their hair
short, or even dye their remaining
hair a unique color. Some cover their
heads with a scarf or wig. Others proudly keep their bald heads bare. Individual
choices can create statements of personal style.
Visit the Cancer Learning Center on the sixth floor of the Cancer Hospital
or call at 1-888-424-2100 for information about where to purchase wigs and
programs that provide free wigs to cancer patients.
stop by 6th floor of the Cancer
Hospital, across from The Bistro
call 1-888-424-2100 toll free
text “askhci” to 66746
chat live “Ask a Question”
button on any HCI webpage
e-mail [email protected]
Surgical Reconstruction and Facial Prosthetics
Sometimes cancer surgeries such as those of the breast or face change the way
a patient looks. Surgical reconstruction or prosthetics can repair or minimize
these changes. It’s important that the plastic surgeon or facial prosthesis maker
be involved in the planning stages of the surgery. The result? Often the plastic
surgery or prosthesis goes completely unnoticed.
For more information on Huntsman Cancer Institute’s Facial Prosthetics
Program, visit the website: www.huntsmancancer.org/prosthetics, or call
Huntsman Cancer Information Service at 1-888-424-2100.
LOOK GOOD, FEEL BETTER
Every month, the Linda B. and Robert B. Wiggins Wellness and Integrative
Health Center partners with the American
Cancer Society to provide the Look Good…
Feel Better program at Huntsman Cancer
Institute. Presenters show creative ways to
use wigs, scarves, and other accessories. The
program also offers cosmetic tips to help
patients feel better about how they look.
Participants receive a free cosmetic kit that
matches their skin tone. 4:30–6:30 p.m.
1st Thursday of each month
Call the Wellness and Integrative Health Center at 801-587-4585 to register.
visit www.huntsmancancer.org/clc
YOU COULD BE THE MATCH
Talk with one of our health educators to
learn about joining the Be The Match
Registry for bone marrow donors.
Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
Cancer Learning Center, 6th Floor of the
Cancer Hospital
YOGA CLASSES FOR CURRENT
AND FORMER PATIENTS AND
THEIR FAMILIES
Tuesdays 5–6 p.m.
in the Cancer Learning Center Multipurpose
Room
6th floor of the Cancer Hospital
Yoga increases flexibility, balance, range of
motion, and muscle tone. As with other forms of
exercise, it can improve mood and a sense of wellbeing. Call the Wellness and Integrative Health
Center at 801-587-4585 for more information.