When Roxanne Brown was undergoing treatment for breast cancer, she often found herself wading through piles of information and endless online resources in an attempt to find answers to questions about her treatment and the related side effects.

Many cancer patients lose more than just the hair on their heads when they go through chemotherapy. Luckily, if you’ve completely or partially lost your eyebrows, you can draw them on pretty realistically. That’s where Christina comes in.

Chemotherapy is a common treatment for cancer. It has many potential benefits when it comes to effectively treating cancer, but it also tends to cause side effects...You can take steps to manage the skin-related side effects of chemo, including steps that minimize discomfort.

Sometimes cancer treatment can result in poor appetite, difficulty eating or challenges with digesting food.

Much research is being done on how acupuncture can help relieve some of the symptoms and side effects of cancer treatment. Acupuncture has been shown to help relieve fatigue, hot flashes, nausea, vomiting and pain.

Some of my early concerns as I prepared for chemotherapy were: How am I going to eat? Will I be nauseous? Will I feel like eating? Should I avoid certain foods? How can I make the best of the calories I consume? Finally, how do I take control over some part of this uncontrollable cancer adventure?