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Table 3 Main themes and sub-themes

From: Post-discharge symptoms following fast-track colonic cancer surgery: a phenomenological hermeneutic study

Main themes

Symptoms permeate daily life

Experience of grief

Sub-themes

• Daily activities are driven by own motivation

• Stunned by cancer diagnosis

• Symptoms limit activity and cause concern

• Chaotic thinking

 

• Symptoms are managed by own experiences