Care After Your Breast Surgery: South Shore Regional Hospital

This pamphlet answers questions you may have after breast surgery. The pamphlet explains what to eat and drink, activity guidelines, how to care for your incision, and how to manage pain.

Care of Your Surgical Drains: South Shore Regional Hospital

This pamphlet describes how to care for your drain(s) after breast surgery.

Nutrition Guidelines for CAPD

This pamphlet provides eating guidelines if you are on Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD).

Low Sodium Eating Guide: 1500 to 2000 mg a Day

Too much sodium (salt) in your diet can lead to high blood pressure, kidney disease, and liver and heart problems. This pamphlet explains how to follow a eat low sodium diet. Foods that are best choices and foods to avoid are listed.

Swallowing

This pamphlet explains how a normal swallow works, causes of swallowing problems, what swallowing problems can lead to, signs, diagnosis, and what happens if a swallowing problem is severe. Alternative ways to get nutrition, fluids, and medications are described.

Low Lactose Eating Guide

Lactose is the natural sugar found in milk. Some people have trouble digesting lactose. This is called "lactose intolerance". This pamphlet outlines how to eat less lactose and tips to help your body better tolerate milk products.

DASH: Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension

High blood pressure can cause heart disease, kidney disease, and stroke. If you have high blood pressure, eating healthy, balanced meals and lowering your sodium (salt) intake can help. This pamphlet outlines Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension.

Heart Healthy Eating Tips

Healthy eating can help lower your risk of heart disease by controlling your weight, lowering your cholesterol, and preventing or controlling high blood pressure. This pamphlet gives suggestions for ways to eat healthier.

Sentinel Node Mapping: South Shore Regional Hospital

Sentinel lymph node mapping is a procedure that uses radioactive material (tracers and sometimes blue dye) to map (find) the lymph nodes that drain the area of your cancer. The pamphlet explains what sentinel nodes are, and what will happen before, during, and after the procedure.

High Sodium Foods to Limit or Avoid

Eating too much sodium (salt) can lead to high blood pressure, kidney disease, and liver and heart problems. This pamphlet explains how to control sodium intake. Foods to limit or avoid are listed. Information about portion size, how to read a nutrition label, and how to plan meals is included.