Living well

On this page, you can find sources of support on managing fatigue, eating well, travel, managing hair loss and body image.

Macmillan have produced a leaflet on what to do after cancer treatment ends (10 top tips).

Fatigue

• Macmillan provides information on fatigue including causes, effects, and how to manage it.
• Lymphoma Action offers information on cancer-related fatigue.

Eating well during and after treatment

• NHS advice on diet and eating well is available here.
• NHS Change4life offers suggestions on healthy diet and recipes.
• British Heart Foundation advice for eating well and looking after your heart.
• The British Association of UK Dietitians

Managing hair loss and regrowth

• We have an adult wig fitting service at Southampton cancer centre, find out more in our patient information below.
• For information on managing hair loss during and after cancer treatment as well as alopecia, visit Alopecia UK or My New Hair, a charity helping you to find local hairdressers who can trim wigs and manage hair regrowth after treatment (just put in your postcode).

Look Good Feel Good

• A free skin care and make up service is run from the Macmillan centre, helping women and men of all ages during and after their cancer treatment. Find out more.
• Maggie’s Southampton hosts Look Good Feel Better sessions. You can book a timeslot by contacting Abbie on 023 8212 4549 or email Southampton@maggies.org.

Living well

• Penny Brohn UK is a national charity focusing on supporting you to live well with and beyond cancer.
• Live your life after cancer is a life coaching group for people who have been affected by cancer, aiming to inspire, empower and equip people in local workshops across the county.
  
• Macmillan run a weekly course of six sessions called the HOPE programme, at local Macmillan centres, supporting people to live well through self-management. Ask at the Macmillan centre for the next course in Southampton.

Smoking and alcohol

To you need to stop or reduce your smoking or alcohol consumption, support is available:

• NHS Smokefree website
• Smokefree Hampshire - local stop smoking service
• To speak to the smoking cessation team at UHS, call 07775 012750
• You can also ask to be put in touch with the hospital alcohol team
• Options counselling, Southampton, call 023 8063 0219
• Optamise, Southampton, call 023 8082 1818

Travel

• Macmillan offers helpful advice on travelling during and after cancer treatment, including travel insurance. We recommend that you discuss travel plans with your team before paying for trips.
• The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) is a not-for-profit insurance broker and sources health insurance for people with health conditions.