Suggestions to stay well during chemo xx
Hi guys I’m after some tips on how to stay as well as possible during Chemotherapy. I was diagnosed with early breast cancer in October and had a successful lumpectomy in November. Unfortunately one L...
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Dear @Feverlana
It’s difficult to suggest a course of action until you know how you react - if you have two different chemotherapies, one after the other (I had one affected lymph node too) you may react differently to each! Many find that trying to keep your mind from fixating on cancer and treatment helps, by continuing working, or keeping busy with a project or hobby. Obviously that’s difficult if you have a lot of nausea and/or fatigue. Exercise is certainly good - even if it’s limited to a short time of low impact exercise, trying to keep it up every day is good for your body but also good for your brain. I had very few side effects (apart from hair loss) on my first chemo and those I had with the second were mainly in the annoying category. One was losing my taste buds! It’s hard to keep your weight steady when everything tastes of cardboard. Luckily the things I could actually taste and therefore ate a lot (salad, eggs, avocado and banana, forget the spicy food advice, didn’t work for me!) were also good for me. But if all you can eat is chocolate and chips, do it! It’s a finite period of time, get through it with whatever it takes! Best wishes.
It’s difficult to suggest a course of action until you know how you react - if you have two different chemotherapies, one after the other (I had one affected lymph node too) you may react differently to each! Many find that trying to keep your mind from fixating on cancer and treatment helps, by continuing working, or keeping busy with a project or hobby. Obviously that’s difficult if you have a lot of nausea and/or fatigue. Exercise is certainly good - even if it’s limited to a short time of low impact exercise, trying to keep it up every day is good for your body but also good for your brain. I had very few side effects (apart from hair loss) on my first chemo and those I had with the second were mainly in the annoying category. One was losing my taste buds! It’s hard to keep your weight steady when everything tastes of cardboard. Luckily the things I could actually taste and therefore ate a lot (salad, eggs, avocado and banana, forget the spicy food advice, didn’t work for me!) were also good for me. But if all you can eat is chocolate and chips, do it! It’s a finite period of time, get through it with whatever it takes! Best wishes.