Radiation Therapy: Your Daily Life

Radiation therapy can help you in your fight against cancer. To feel better, get plenty of rest, exercise, and eat well. This will give your body the extra strength it needs right now. Also look to family and friends for support and comfort.

Understanding Radiation Therapy

Radiation therapy is a common cancer treatment. It uses beams of high-energy X-rays or particles to kill cancer cells or keep them from growing.

Tympanoplasty

Tympanoplasty can repair a damaged eardrum, stop infection, and improve hearing. During surgery, you may be given general anesthesia, or local anesthesia with sedation. Tympanoplasty takes about 1 to 3 hours. It may be done along with a mastoidectomy or an ossicular chain reconstruction. The eardrum is at the end of the ear canal.

Home Infusion Therapy

Infusion therapy is a safe way to take medicines or fluids that can’t be taken by mouth. Instead, they flow through a flexible tube (catheter) that’s placed in a vein—usually on your arm or chest. This is called the infusion site.