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Diabetes and Cancer
If you have cancer and diabetes you may find it more difficult to achieve good control of your blood sugar level and/or your weight. The...
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Diarrhoea
Diarrhoea can lead to dehydration and weight loss if left untreated.
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Diet Myths
A guide to understanding different diets and how to know if you are making the right or wrong changes can be found here
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Drinks High in Calories
Nourishing drinks can be just as nutritious as food but are often easier to manage.
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Dry Mouth
Choose soft foods and add sauces to main meals and desserts. This can make eating with a dry mouth easier.
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Feeling Full
Feeling full up soon after eating or drinking small portions of food or fluid is also referred to as early satiety. This might be due...
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Feeling sick (nausea)
Feeling sick or being sick is common in cancer.
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Fortify Your Food and Drinks
Fortifying your food and drinks helps increase their energy and protein content.
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Pain
Uncontrolled pain can affect your eating and drinking and tasks of daily living.
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Palliative Care
Palliative care includes supporting and improving the quality of life of people in the last years, months or weeks of their life.
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Preparing for Cancer Surgery
Making changes to your lifestyle can help you cope better with your surgery and your recovery.
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Preparing for cancer treatment
Making changes to your lifestyle can help you cope better with your treatment.