cancer surgery support

Providing safe, personalized care to help you prepare for and recover from surgery

How We Can Help

Welcome, we’re so glad you’re here! Chances are if you’re here, you’re preparing for surgery and feeling nervous about what to expect, or you’re in recovery and struggling with uncomfortable side-effects. If you’re looking to ways to feel better and take control of your health as you prepare for, or recover from surgery, you’re in the right place. Our team is here to provide you with a personalized, realistic support plan that’s both safe and effective for surgery.

Common Ways We Support Cancer Surgery

• Helping you prepare for surgery: here we ensure you have excellent nutritional status, which is a vital part of helping prepare you for surgery, and help you know what supplements you need to stop before surgery, and when

• Supporting recovery from surgery and aftercare: after surgery we focus on supporting your body’s capacity to heal, reducing inflammation, rebuilding your immune system and reducing pain

Surgery & Its Impact on Your Body

As with all types of surgery, surgery to remove a tumour comes with risk. However, when surgery is done at an early stage it can sometimes be considered curative. For some radiation may be done prior to surgery to shrink the tumour, making it easier and safer to remove. The risks of surgery vary depending on where the tumour is located, taking into account what other organs and tissue is around the tumour, and whether there are multiple tumours that need to be removed.

What to Expect

At The Clara Clinic we promise to provide you with balanced, realistic, individualized support that will actually work to support you as you go through surgery and recover. We recognize that every patient and situation is going to be different, so we spend extra time with you, collaborate with your oncologists, and stay up-to-date on current research to ensure your treatment safe and as customized your situation as possible.

If you’ve been affected by breast cancer and want to learn more about integrative breast cancer care, we offer complimentary 15 minute consults with our Naturopathic Doctors focusing on integrative oncology, Dr. Hayhlee Clarence, ND or Dr. Monica Velletri, ND.