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MicheleR
5 years agoMember
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!