Cancer treatments

Upon being diagnosed with cancer way back 2002, chemotherapy was the primary solution most doctors recommend. Other than chemo there are also radiation therapy and biologic therapy. I was glad I belong in the decade of modernization where new discoveries of treatments and medications are developed to treat such disease. Just recently I've seen in one of the episodes of a TV series here in the Philippines, Rated K by Korina Sanchez-Roxas featuring the new treament for cancer which is Nano Therapy. From the articles written about nano therapy, it was stated that these are genes injected to the tumor forcing the cancer cells to produce proteins that will kill the affected cell leaving the heathy ones. Unlike chemo therapy it kills both the good and bad cells. Thus renewing the entire cells of the body. Isn't it unbelievable amazing?Personally I believe that boosting ones healthy cells or as I call it the happy cells, will out number the affected ones therefore will result to cure.


New trends of treatments such as these also has its bad side like side effects. As I have experienced in chemo therapy both intravenous and oral, the side effects are quite thesame. Body weakness, vomitting and the most depressing part for me is hair loss. The side effects are tolerable but its more like a suffering. But one thing I have learned in facing these side effects is mind setting. Convincing ourselves that these effects are not permanent which would last for 3days or a week in each session. After that, it's back to normal condition. Though hair loss will last for months even a year before it will grow back, this is the time where acceptance takes place. Me for example, everytime I get alopecia or baldness I shave all of my remaining hair and see myself as the lead singer of the popular band Cranberries. In that way I won't be depressed and still feel confident.