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PeterB
8 years agoMember
CHEMO TIP
Went thru chemo five years ago after a mastectomy. While in chairs the chemo nurses advised me that they administer steroids to help with the nausea. And that you would come down of the steroids two t...
wendy55
8 years agoMember
Great to hear how you managed and thanks for the tip, personally I found the steroids made me"high" and really did not like them one little bit,I have also been offered them for pain relief and gave a big NO to that as well, like Primek I also found that I gained weight 12kgs in total,which didnt do much for my self esteem,
Went on a sugar free diet after, lost the 12 kgs, then decided that life really was not much fun without the "sweet stuff" and now have put about 6
kgs back on, still I am in a good place and feel that having chocolate and the odd cake is not going to hurt too much, we all need a sweet treat now and then,
wendy55
Went on a sugar free diet after, lost the 12 kgs, then decided that life really was not much fun without the "sweet stuff" and now have put about 6
kgs back on, still I am in a good place and feel that having chocolate and the odd cake is not going to hurt too much, we all need a sweet treat now and then,
wendy55