[blackwell.72]

Hi Kathleen – Thank you for responding, sorry my response is so delayed.
I will recommend the heat and stretching as per the article and I would love to recommend essential oils but my docs are not really on board with them so I am thrilled that you are able to. Which oils do you recommend? There are so many excellent ones and they all have beneficial side benefits and no side effects!
We use ibuprofen and claritin and depending on the doctor it can be daily, day before and 5 days post chemo or day of and for a number of days after. It varies so much.
I could do an entire club on oils. I wish more people were aware of them and how to use them, they would be so much happier and less uncomfortable.

[blackwell.72]

Yes – it definitely is a culture of pharmaceuticals. In order to change that way of thinking completely we would need the physicians to also be on board with them and many laugh at anything that does not need a prescription even though there are studies to show they work. It may be the nurse’s job to educate but we are only able to give as much information as the managing physician approves of. If the physician is not on board then the patient will not be as agreeable and it would be very hard to manage. I had one physician say, “I don’t know anything about that but you can do whatever you want as long as it doesn’t screw up what I am doing.” No pressure at all there lol!
Some of the leading cancer hospitals actually have essential oils in their plans based on studies that Doterra has done to work with them. Maybe some day we can do that too.
I would love for a provider to use pharmaceuticals as well as alternative medications to enhance patient care.

[shaffer.641]

Holly,

I agree this isn’t a “one size fits all” approach. Each patient is different even if they have the same treatment. They each experience different side effects and their cancers my be labeled the same but they are still very different.

I also agree we need to educate patients more on acceptable levels of pain. We can’t expect all pain to be eliminated but we can do our best to make it tolerable.

Abby

[shaffer.641]

Hi Patti,

It’s good to see that each provider approaches the treatment differently. It’s all case by case and what they patient has already tried and what they can tolerate. Just like every situation is different, every provider is different as well.

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