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...
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Hi @RiotAtMidnight
Ah chemo. Sigh. It doesn’t feel like anything going in. My nurses gave me a Panadol at the start to keep me comfy. Chemo nurses are a special breed of person, they are beautiful,
so don’t worry. They will take care of you. They have seen it all. I loved chatting with them to distract myself. Probably drove them crazy haha.
I used to take chocolate and nice bickies in to treat myself during chemo. Often I would fall asleep trying to meditate . Day 3 afterwards the effects would hit me. I would curl up on the couch and doze. And it slowly got better by about day 5 .We are all different, and I didn’t have any nausea at all. I had various other crappy things like mouth ulcers and loss of taste. Funny how my mind has blocked a lot of it out!
Someone on here once said chemo is grotty but doable and they nailed it. Frankly I thought of the effects of it as a giant science experiment on my body with interesting side effects. I found that you just have to laugh at it and keep putting one foot in front of the other.
Good luck Ms Riot!
Caz xxxxxx
Ah chemo. Sigh. It doesn’t feel like anything going in. My nurses gave me a Panadol at the start to keep me comfy. Chemo nurses are a special breed of person, they are beautiful,
so don’t worry. They will take care of you. They have seen it all. I loved chatting with them to distract myself. Probably drove them crazy haha.
I used to take chocolate and nice bickies in to treat myself during chemo. Often I would fall asleep trying to meditate . Day 3 afterwards the effects would hit me. I would curl up on the couch and doze. And it slowly got better by about day 5 .We are all different, and I didn’t have any nausea at all. I had various other crappy things like mouth ulcers and loss of taste. Funny how my mind has blocked a lot of it out!
Someone on here once said chemo is grotty but doable and they nailed it. Frankly I thought of the effects of it as a giant science experiment on my body with interesting side effects. I found that you just have to laugh at it and keep putting one foot in front of the other.
Good luck Ms Riot!
Caz xxxxxx