Tips from cancer fatigue management web sites
There are several informative web sites with tips on how to manage cancer fatigue. Following are a few suggested by Heather Brumbaugh, RN, MSN, ANP, a nurse practitioner at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC:
• www.cancerfatigue.org. This web site sponsored by the Pittsburgh-based Oncology Nursing Society provides tools for people to assess and rate their fatigue so that they might discuss their symptoms with their physician. Tools include a fatigue scale and a brief fatigue inventory.
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• www.cancersource.com. Click on fatigue as a topic and find information on the causes of fatigue, how it can be managed, and its prevention. There are also assessment tools, self-care guides, a resource guide, and information on mailing lists, message boards, and e-mail newsletters that put cancer patients in touch with each other.
• www.oncolink.upenn.edu. Under the section on coping on this web site, sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center in Philadelphia, the topic of fatigue is covered. It includes tips on ways to minimize the effects of fatigue, such as taking small naps and drinking lots of water. It also has tools for self-assessment, answers to recently asked questions, and resources.
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