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One side-effect that many people experience during their radiotherapy treatment is general fatigue and nausea. This is thought to be due to:

• your body having to work harder as cells are destroyed

• the toxicity of the radiation

• the disruption to your body’s natural energy fields.

So, you should not be at all surprised if you need an extra two or three hours of sleep every day, and spiritual healing to lift your energy and spirits. See Chapter 7 for ways to help your body cope with this treatment with the help of homoeopathic remedies and acupuncture, which releases the stored heat and energy radiotherapy causes.

Nausea may be experienced at the beginning of treatment, but this should gradually improve with time. This may occur especially when a large part of the body is being treated, and is particularly common during radiotherapy to the abdomen, although it may also arise when having treatment to nearby areas.