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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.