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Why Post-Treatment Care Matters More Than We Realize

Many people think the fight against any disease is won when the last dose or session of treatment is completed.  Especially, in conditions like cancer, it is a misconception that the the last dose of radiation or chemotherapy marks the cure.  However, the journey is far from over for survivors.  In actuality, the most crucial phase of recovery frequently starts after treatment is over.  Post-cancer care is an important stage that can have a big impact on quality of life, emotional stability, and long-term health.  It’s not just a follow-up.

Prameya Health understands that recovering from cancer involves more than just curing the illness; it also entails taking back life in all its fullness, vitality, and holistic healing.

The Unspoken Difficulties Following Cancer Treatment

Although finishing cancer treatment is a significant accomplishment, it also presents a number of difficulties and obstacles. Many survivors encounter: 

• Chronic exhaustion

• Anxiety and emotional distress

• Fear of recurrence

• alterations in cognition (“chemo brain”)

• Deficits in nutrition

• Social exclusion

• Unbalanced hormones

• Chronic discomfort or physical restrictions

Unfortunately, survivors receive little assistance during this delicate transition because traditional healthcare systems are frequently centered on acute care and disease control. Comprehensive post-cancer care becomes crucial at this point.

The Value of Care for Survivors

Survivorship is a unique stage of the cancer experience that is acknowledged by world-renowned cancer institutions. It describes the state of one’s physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being during active cancer treatment.

Their are several programs for survivorship that are effective and these include:

• Monitoring for recurrence and medical follow-up

• Handling late-onset adverse effects

• Counseling for mental health

• Lifestyle modifications

• Support networks

• Integrative medicine

• Making sure survivors thrive rather than merely prevent recurrence. According to the National Cancer Institute, survival care is not an optional afterthought but rather a necessary continuity.

Why Typical Follow-Up Is Insufficient

Physical examinations, blood tests, and scans are frequently the main topics of routine follow-up appointments. These are significant, but they don’t deal with how cancer affects a person’s life more broadly.  Despite being informed that things look fine to a greater extent, patients may nonetheless endure their suffering in quiet.

In the absence of a formal cancer recovery strategy, survivors run the risks of negative consequences for mental health, poor diet and lack of physical fitness, a high likelihood of comorbid conditions such as diabetes or heart disease and depression or social disengagement.  For this reason, multidisciplinary, holistic post-cancer care is crucial.

 A comprehensive healing is more than simply physical.  A person’s body, mind, and spirit are all impacted by cancer.  Several facets of wellness are integrated into holistic healing to promote complete recovery.

 Our guiding principles at Prameya Health are centered on individualized, comprehensive survivorship programs that help physical rehabilitation, which includes fatigue management, physiotherapy and exercise therapy, dietary advice and nutrition to regain immunity and strength, mental and emotional well-being through stress reduction, mindfulness, and psychotherapy, spiritual well-being with yoga, meditation, and other supervised activities.  In addition to this, the Sahai program at Prameya Health also provides support for caregivers.  

This integrated concept recognizes that healing necessitates a human-centered and interconnected approach.

The Significance of Mindfulness, Movement, and Nutrition

• Healthy lifestyle choices both during and after therapy have been found to enhance quality of life and results.

• Healthy lifestyle choices both during and after therapy have been found to enhance quality of life and results. For instance:

• Frequent exercise boosts mood, lessens fatigue, and lowers the chance that some malignancies may reoccur.

• Diets high in nutrients boost the immune system and help control negative effects from treatment.

• Mindfulness-based techniques aid with pain management, sleep, and anxiety and depression reduction.

These methods are included into individualized care regimens for long-term cancer recovery at Prameya Health. Rather than merely managing illness, we enable survivors to take control of their health.

Encouraging Survivors via Community & Education

Being a survivor can be isolating.  After their treatment team retreats, many patients have a sense of disconnection. When they feel anything but normal, they could find it difficult to cope with the pressure to get back to normal. 

Education and community are strong remedies for this loneliness.

 What Prameya Health provides:

• Supportive care facilitated by qualified counselors

• Survivorship seminars addressing issues like as exhaustion, infertility, and recurring anxiety

• Family education initiatives to assist caregivers

• Professionals guidance from psychologists, dietitians, and oncologists

Resilience and hope are fostered by connecting survivors with people who have experienced their journey.

The Reasons Prameya Health Gives Survivorship Priority

 We have rethought post-cancer care at Prameya Health to be proactive, individualized, and incredibly caring. Our team of wellness coaches, yoga therapists, physiotherapists, nutritionists, counselors, and healthcare experts works together to develop care regimens that change as the patient’s requirements do.

Our holistic therapeutic approach's main tenets are as follows:

Restore: Assisting the body’s healing process with proper diet, exercise, and sleep habits

Reclaim: Promoting mental and emotional well-being via group therapy and counseling

Reintegrate: Giving survivors the tools they need to resume their social, professional, and familial responsibilities.

Resilience: Developing enduring health practices to lessen recurrence and increase vitality

We encourage lifelong wellbeing rather than merely treating disease.

Redefining Cancer Recovery Success

Recovering from cancer is about more than just surviving. It is to live life to the fullest, joyfully, confidently, and with purpose.  To do that, we need to broaden the concept of cancer therapy success.

 Survivorship is a stage that should be treated with the same consideration and care as diagnosis and therapy.  Every person should have a customized plan that takes into account their particular requirements, difficulties, and objectives.

Post-cancer care is not an option, it is essential.

Let's Get the Talk Started

Today, millions of people are surviving past cancer, and they are worthy of more than just standard examinations and scans. They deserve an opportunity to create a bright new chapter, to rediscover joy, and to fully recover.

 At Prameya Health, we think that helping survivors on their journey is equally as important as providing treatment.

If you or a loved one is navigating life after cancer, remember: recovery is a journey – and you don’t have to walk it alone, Prameya Health is here to help you.