The disease of the 20th century as it is often called, cancer has not been given a viable solution or treatment not even now in the 21st century. As a result, it is highly important that not only chemotherapy patients understand the risks and side effects of treatments but also those who are healthy and may or may not come in contact with cancer patients.

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Whether surgery is used or not, cancer chemotherapy represents the most trodden path in the approach to cancer. Chemotherapy patients usually face a great deal of problems they have to go through. One’s morale can easily break down because of the physical sufferance chemotherapy brings. Self-esteem can hardly be maintained when facing extreme adverse reactions, since they may hair loss, all sorts of infections because of a weak immune system, dizziness and constant nausea, pains and the impossibility to lead a normal life. Some chemotherapy patients feel that they are somewhat physically impaired since they can no longer perform certain activities that have previously defined their life or that have brought smiles on their faces.

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Another impact level on chemotherapy patients is the psychological one. Chemotherapy patients need all the support they can get from their beloved in order to go through the tough experience of the treatment, but many suffers choose to face difficulties alone. Because of this, they will most likely lack in support and will have to carry this burden by themselves. The impossibility to talk and share the experience with those close to you could lead to a very pessimistic view of the cancer condition, actually worsening the course of evolution.

On the other hand, there are other chemotherapy patients that do share their sufferance with their family, but in time, they see themselves as burdens and feel responsible for the trouble they cause, thus adding a sense of guilt to their already precarious psychological balance. They themselves may end up feeling that they have turned into a burden to their family putting strain on relationships and may choose to seclude themselves as a result of this feeling.

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All these considered, it is highly understandable why family and friends of chemotherapy patients should get informed about physical and psychological challenges of chemotherapy. The moral strength of chemotherapy patients can be kept above surface level or increased only by psychologists and people who honestly display affection and interest in helping.