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The most newbie question ever?
I’ve searched and honestly cannot find an answer to this in factsheets or anywhere else... what does chemo feel like when it’s being administered? Is it cold? Room temperature? Do you not really notic...
Hi,
You dont really feel the drug going in. A portion of it just does a slow drip. In ac they use a syringe into the canula or port or whatever to deliver sone of the treatment. Again you dont really feel it.
I was a little bit headachy and nauseas in AC. If it happens nurses will give you something if you ask. I had a metal taste. They give you an icey pole to eat and i enjoyed the challenge of making it last till the syringes were gone. My head was sometimes a bit swimmy.
On paclitaxel i had to visit toilet regularly, think it was the saline. I ate nuts in this chemo and found it reduced nausea.
If you feel nervous take something to keep you hands or your head busy. Ive had a needle and blood phobia for about 35 years and found crochet great. Sometimes during ac i had to redo the crochet after as my head wasnt quite right and i repeated rows or decreased too many stitches!
You dont really feel the drug going in. A portion of it just does a slow drip. In ac they use a syringe into the canula or port or whatever to deliver sone of the treatment. Again you dont really feel it.
I was a little bit headachy and nauseas in AC. If it happens nurses will give you something if you ask. I had a metal taste. They give you an icey pole to eat and i enjoyed the challenge of making it last till the syringes were gone. My head was sometimes a bit swimmy.
On paclitaxel i had to visit toilet regularly, think it was the saline. I ate nuts in this chemo and found it reduced nausea.
If you feel nervous take something to keep you hands or your head busy. Ive had a needle and blood phobia for about 35 years and found crochet great. Sometimes during ac i had to redo the crochet after as my head wasnt quite right and i repeated rows or decreased too many stitches!