Hey @4Coco
in terms of food intake the “easiest way” for me to remember the food advice was “think of it as the pregnant diet” (ie foods to avoid and what to eat more of) to manage any possible side effects.
I did 4XACs, 12Xpaclitaxels, 25 radiotherapy fractions (but a lot of grays, as medial lymph nodes, sub clavicle and clavicle and armpit and arm lymph nodes, as well as chest and chest wall, after a double mastectomy as I’m a TNBC one). So basically “the whole enchilada”.
I had significant neutropenia and issue with haemoglobbin as well, but got all my treatment in even though I needed three WBC boosting shots a week for almost all of the chemo.
I also did have a recurrent seroma (on the non cancer side!) that needed two rounds of negative vac drain followed by bellow vac (so four extra operations and hospital stays). And a fair few antibiotics with things needing dealing with.
My only side effect after all of this (and like abbey dog I didn’t have any nausea or vomiting with chemo at all. Just the eveready bunny effect of the dexamethasone).
Basically, my advice would be
eat well and a basic balanced diet
talk to the breast care nurses a lot
and don’t worry about things they might never happen (there is enough to worry about that does happen!)
good luck
