Thanks for another great interview, Mark. Daniel, it's good to hear more about your background after our text exchanges. I appreciate your approach to 'meet your patients where they are', you're obviously highly engaged, actively listening and tailoring your knowledge to support your patients.
Daniel - your point that there's no one-size-fits-all diet or exercise advice is SO true.
For us, what was a significant 'increase fibre' soon became 'don't overstimulate the colon' now. Or, for another uncle - whatever calories he can digest is good. And then it's even more challenging for children. As with all things cancer, as you said - engaging with your care team to navigate symptoms and discuss what's working, or not, alongside the treatment is essential. E.g. a simple change to taking daily Tagrisso in the evening meant our family member could have some appetite to eat during the day.
Re. diet/exercise/info sources in the UK, the specialist cancer nurse can offer recommendations but there are several well-known, credible organisations that have booklets/website information. My 2 Go to references are Macmillan Cancer Support and Maggies. Daniel - if you don't know Maggies I highly recommend exploring the website and her story - there are centres attached to several large hospitals in the UK.
For anyone seeking information/other support organisations - we named several at the end of the Anthology (hope it's ok to share here Mark)
Thanks for another great interview, Mark. Daniel, it's good to hear more about your background after our text exchanges. I appreciate your approach to 'meet your patients where they are', you're obviously highly engaged, actively listening and tailoring your knowledge to support your patients.
Daniel - your point that there's no one-size-fits-all diet or exercise advice is SO true.
For us, what was a significant 'increase fibre' soon became 'don't overstimulate the colon' now. Or, for another uncle - whatever calories he can digest is good. And then it's even more challenging for children. As with all things cancer, as you said - engaging with your care team to navigate symptoms and discuss what's working, or not, alongside the treatment is essential. E.g. a simple change to taking daily Tagrisso in the evening meant our family member could have some appetite to eat during the day.
Re. diet/exercise/info sources in the UK, the specialist cancer nurse can offer recommendations but there are several well-known, credible organisations that have booklets/website information. My 2 Go to references are Macmillan Cancer Support and Maggies. Daniel - if you don't know Maggies I highly recommend exploring the website and her story - there are centres attached to several large hospitals in the UK.
For anyone seeking information/other support organisations - we named several at the end of the Anthology (hope it's ok to share here Mark)
https://www.carermentor.com/p/world-cancer-day-icare-about-cancer