{"id":1273,"date":"2025-03-26T11:29:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T11:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eakinostomy.com\/?page_id=1273"},"modified":"2025-07-09T10:00:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T10:00:29","slug":"chemotherapy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eakinostomy.com\/GB\/healthcare-professionals\/chemotherapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemotherapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"background-block relative overflow-hidden\" style=\"background-color: #f6f6f6\">\n        <div class=\"relative z-20\">\n        <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<div class=\"hero\">\n            \n    <div class=\"absolute w-full z-[39] pt-2\">\n        <div class=\"pt-2 container mx-auto relative breadcrumbs px-4 \">\n            <div class=\" flex items-center flex-wrap\">\n                <span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Home.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eakinostomy.com\/GB\" class=\"home\" aria-current=\"page\"><span property=\"name\">Home<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span>            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n        <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<div class=\"hero-slide glide__slide\">\n    <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-purple-600-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-595b5e90d1b194683bfee52c22d99589\">Caring for ostomates through chemotherapy<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Chemotherapy is a difficult time for anyone, but it can be particularly challenging for your stoma patients.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1530\" height=\"1095\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eakinostomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Couch-e1748264256704.png\" alt=\"\" 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