Littlelifts

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND SIDE EFFECTS TO EASE THE SUFFERING, BOTH MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY, OF CHEMOTHERAPY AND/OR RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT TO WOMEN AND MEN AGED 18 AND ABOVE WHO HAVE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY BREAST CANCER AND WHO ARE LIVING IN ENGLAND, WALES, SCOTLAND, NORTHERN ISLAND, CHANNEL ISLANDS OR ISLE OF MAN. IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING THEM WITH A LITTLELIFTS BOX AT THE START OF OR DURING THEIR CHEMOTHERAPY AND/OR RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'PRIMARY BREAST CANCER' MEANS THAT THE CANCER HAS NOT SPREAD BEYOND THE BREAST OR LYMPH NODES UNDER THE ARM.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SECONDARY BREAST CANCER’ MEANS THAT THE CANCER HAS SPREAD TO OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY BEYOND THE BREAST OR LYMPH NODES UNDER THE ARM.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'CHEMOTHERAPY' MEANS THE TREATMENT OF CANCER BY THE USE OF CHEMICAL SYSTEMIC ANTI-CANCER TREATMENT (SACT).FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘RADIOTHERAPY’ MEANS THE TREATMENT OF HIGH-ENERGY X-RAYS TO DESTROY CANCER CELLS. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE SICKNESS AND SIDE EFFECTS CAN VARY AMONGST WOMEN AND MEN, BUT MOST COMMON ARE TIREDNESS, WEAKNESS, SICKNESS, SORE MOUTH, HAIR LOSS, SORE EYES, DRY/SORE SKIN, CONSTIPATION, DIARRHOEA, LOSS OF APPETITE AND LOSS OF TASTE. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE LITTLELIFTS BOXES WILL CONTAIN ITEMS AIMED TO RELIEVE SOME OF THE SIDE EFFECTS WOMEN AND MEN MAY EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS PROVIDING COMFORT AND WELL-BEING.