Skin Care During Radiation Therapy

The most common side effect from radiation therapy treatment is a skin reaction. This pamphlet explains what a skin reaction is, how long you will have a skin reaction, what you can do to help, and what to avoid.

Information for Patients Receiving Radiation Therapy: Total Marrow Irradiation (TMI)

Certain blood cancers and blood disorders are treated with a stem cell transplant. Total Marrow Irradiation (TMI), like chemotherapy, is given to get your body ready for the stem cells. This pamphlet describes why TMI has been recommended, what will happen during treatment, possible side effects, and available supports.

Esophageal Surgery

This guide gives information about esophageal cancer, treatments, your health care team, getting ready for surgery, what will happen the day before and the day of surgery, what will happen after surgery, recovery, exercises, and getting ready to go home.

Lumbar Puncture

This test is sometimes called a spinal tap. There is a space around your spinal cord that is filled with fluid. In a lumbar puncture, a small amount of fluid is taken from this space. This pamphlet explains how the test is done and what will happen after the test. A list of symptoms that need medical attention is included.

Sentinel Node Mapping: South Shore Regional Hospital

Sentinel lymph node mapping is a procedure that uses radioactive material (tracers and sometimes blue dye) to map (find) the lymph nodes that drain the area of your cancer. The pamphlet explains what sentinel nodes are, and what will happen before, during, and after the procedure.

Financial Matters

For some people, being sick has a big impact on their finances. Knowing your options and understanding how they work can help. This pamphlet explains what Short Term Illness (STI) and Long Term Disability (LTD) are, whether you can get help from Employment Insurance (EI), and more.

Understanding Your Lung Screening Results

This information is for people who have been booked for a lung screening CT scan or have already had a lung screening CT scan. The pamphlet gives information about lung screening CT scans, what kind of follow-up tests might be needed, and understanding your lung screening CT results.

Radiation Therapy: What to Expect When Treatments are Finished

This pamphlet explains what to expect when you come to the end of your radiation treatments. Topics include when your side effects will go away, how you should expect to feel over the coming weeks, and if you will need to make changes to your lifestyle. Questions you may want to ask your Health Care Team are included.

Low Platelets/Thrombocytopenia

Your blood is made up of many solid particles or cells and fluid. One type of cell is your platelets. Platelets (PLT) help the blood to clot or stop bleeding. If you do not have enough platelets in your blood, you may bruise and bleed more easily. This is called thrombocytopenia. This pamphlet describes what causes low platelets, symptoms, and ways to prevent and manage it.

Laryngectomie totale

La laryngectomie totale consiste à enlever le larynx en entier (ablation). Votre larynx est enlevé parce qu'il est atteint d'une maladie (comme le cancer). Le présent document explique ce à quoi vous attendre avant l’opération, le matin de l'opération et juste après. This pamphlet is also available in English.