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Your healthcare provider gave you a stoma (new opening for stool to pass from the body) during surgery. Stool starts to pass from the stoma soon after surgery. That means you'll need to learn how to change your pouch before you go home.

Condoms can help protect you from most STIs, but sometimes they break. A condom can break if it's put on the wrong way.

Chemotherapy can reduce the number of red blood cells in your body. When you have too few of these cells, anemia can result. Anemia has many symptoms. Talk to your healthcare provider if you have any of the symptoms listed here. You may need treatment.

Your doctor has prescribed the medicine filgrastim. Filgrastim raises the number of neutrophils in your blood. A neutrophil is a type of infection-fighting white blood cell. Filgrastim is given as a shot after chemotherapy. This sheet will help you learn more about filgrastim.

Use these resources to help you learn about radiation therapy.

As you recover from breast surgery, your doctor will tell you when it is safe to begin exercising, what kind of exercises you should do, and how much exercising you should do.

As you recover from breast surgery, your doctor will tell you when it is safe to begin exercising, what kind of exercises you should do, and how much exercising you should do.

Chemotherapy can make your blood less able to clot. This happens because the treatment lowers the number of platelets (clotting cells agents) in your blood. Your risk of bruising and bleeding increases. These tips can help prevent problem bleeding.

Extreme tiredness, called fatigue, is common. It can be caused by worry, lack of sleep, or low appetite. Fatigue can also be a sign of anemia, a shortage of red blood cells. Read on for some tips to help you feel better.