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A new self-understanding as chemo sufferer - a phenomenological study of everyday life with chemotherapy induced neuropathy among survivors after colorectal cancer
- Source :
- Jensen, M AE, Mørch, C D, Yilmaz, M N, Feilberg, C & Pedersen, B 2022, ' A new self-understanding as chemo sufferer-a phenomenological study of everyday life with chemotherapy induced neuropathy among survivors after colorectal cancer ', International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being, vol. 17, no. 1, 2049437 . https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2022.2049437
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- PURPOSE: To explore the essential meaning of how sensory disturbances caused by Oxaliplatin influence self-understanding and freedom to live an everyday life among survivors after colorectal cancer.METHODS: Data was generated by means of a semi-structured individual interview with eight survivors after colorectal cancer who continued to experience chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy at least one year after completing chemotherapy with Oxaliplatin. Data analysis was guided by existential phenomenology and descriptive life-world research.RESULTS: The essential meaning was structured by four constituents. 1) An unpleasant fluctuating sensation which is impossible to ignore, 2) Breaking through of noise and pain despite struggling to keep them at bay, 3) Continuously feeling ill despite being cured, and 4) Bodily constraints that impact self-understanding and limit enjoyment of life.CONCLUSION: The survivors used distraction to keep the sensory disturbances at bay but were forced to adapt to a new self-understanding as sufferers after chemotherapy despite being cured of their cancer disease. This way of being-in-the-world was understood by survivors, their families and healthcare professionals as a necessary price to pay to be alive. However, marked as sufferer after chemotherapy, the participants' everyday style of experience and life revealed as an ill health condition, which limited their ability to accomplish everyday activities as before and their freedom to realize their potential-the "I can".
- Subjects :
- peripheral neuropathy
existential phenomenology
Health Policy
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases/chemically induced
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
Colorectal Neoplasms/drug therapy
everyday life
Antineoplastic Agents
Antineoplastic Agents/adverse effects
Colorectal cancer
descriptive life-world research
cancer survivorship
Issues, ethics and legal aspects
quality of life
Humans
Fundamentals and skills
Survivors
long-term side effects
Colorectal Neoplasms
Gerontology
Problem Solving
embodiment
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17482631
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....cbcb5a1765d5cffc61dbbee431d09feb