is it not recommended to give a cancer patient a facial?
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It shouldn't hurt her.  If she were receiving radiation then it could interfere with the penetration if anything was left on the skin or the skin could become irritated from the facial after treatment.  With chemo it shouldn't hurt anything.  The more relaxed (less stressed) and healthy the body is the better it can fight cancer.  The relaxation you give your mom with the facial is actually a good thing.  Even with massages, the NCS, recommends them as it boosts the immune system.  \n\nI think alot of the different teaching schools are just being overly cautious in recommendations.  It used to be where they thought massage could spread cancer, but it doesn't.
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I have had many patients with it, but but not in a personal sense as friend/family.\nIts really a nasty bug... the people whom I have cared for had to get wound care for a long time
861206
Get cancer. Not the best approach, IMHO.
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If a disabled person, whose disability was they were facially disfigured were asked to leave a restaurant by the management because other diners had complained about having to look at unusual faces, that would be discrimination under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (in England). \n\nI imagine the Americans with Disabilities Act 1992 has a similar jurisdiction over such cases.\n\nBeing attracted or repelled by someone is not something you can control. It is what you do about it that may constitute discrimination (in the legal sense of that word).
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NO! \n\nHIV patients have the right to their confidentiality just like the rest of us do. always use a condom and be careful
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Sure, don't hesitate, the longer it goes on the worse the treatment.  I have been through cancer 3 times, the cure is worse than the cold.  Get attention, even if you only suspect and have no symtoms.
997819
might want to check and see if any laws will be broke??you could donate to local cancer society?? help someome in needy situation?call the dr you got them from he may have someone who is in need?
813553
No I agree with you. In many cases you either have bad plastic surgery or repeated surgeries and you get that shiny, plastic look, which is not appealing. Not a natural look.
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It depends on where you live. If you are in Florida, forget it.  They are ONLY for the employer unless it is related to prejudice or something.  I had cancer and was fired for "missing too much work" as I couldn't have all the surgeries, radiation, etc. done at my desk.  Sorry for your luck.  It sucks.
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You could talk to the patient's family and without being a tattletale or a rat, ask how their parent is doing.   Suggest that their loved one may be a little upset lately.   Their voice will override your complaint.  Try not to get caught doing this, you could stir up trouble and then nothing would get accomplished.  After all aren't you there for the welfare and care of the elderly?
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I would talk to my oncologist about this, but here is some information I found:\n\nEach time radiation therapy is delivered, small amounts are absorbed by the skin over the area being treated. Over time, redness and irritation similar to a sunburn may occur. Because of this, it is necessary for all patients receiving radiation therapy to take special measures to protect their skin from any additional damage due to exposure to the sun. Although all exposed skin is at risk, of greatest concern is any skin in the area being treated. \nEven after treatment is completed, it will be necessary for you to follow some important steps to minimize exposure to the sun for a period of time.  http://www.oncolink.upenn.edu/experts/article.cfm?c=1&s=5&ss=6&id=1042  there are tips on how to avoid sun exposure here.
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yeah, poor bugger got skin cancer and it spread...\npoor sally :(
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I have ovarian cancer and I am fighting and surviving it. Next Tuesday I go in to get an MRI test and a CAT scan Biopsy.  This will be one the fifth anniversary of my big surgery, so this will be a piece of cake.  But that's not what you meant....\n\nI think you question was more a commentary on the lack of manners that many posters display and the mean spirited slant some of the questioners pose here.  I have seen questions that were little more than angry venting and mocking people who have the opposite view.  I don't bother with those questions.\nSome times they are better sometimes worse.
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It would depend on the stage of cancer/if it has spread and to where.  Also complications can arise.  Depends on patient's response to treatment also.  There are many things to consider and sometimes even the doctors don't even know for sure.
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If its treated,  not much different to someone without cancer...;
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Not at all-  any type of cancer is not transmittable from one person to another.  Now, if you have some type of infection it is possible to infect your partner, but that is it.
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It varies from person to person. I once knew a guy in his 20s that had his entire lower jaw removed because of mouth cancer. Yes, he dipped.\n\nOn the other hand, there are middle aged folk out there who have been dipping or chewing for years and have not yet developed cancer. \n\nIt's a gamble I don't think I'd want to take.