1st Chemo Done

So glad you made it through your first chemo and it wasn't as bad as you'd thought. I remember the feeling of nausea all too well. What helped me was the Pramin tablets and my Onc advised me to take them whenever I felt the need (obviously not exceeding the recommended daily dosage). I also had some ginger and lemon tea on hand and found it very soothing. I got quite severe headaches the first round so for the following rounds I took paracetamol every four hours for the first three or so days to ward them off. My Onc said to take this as a preventative and not to wait until I actually got the headache. This was good advice and it seemed to do the trick. Don't worry about feeling emotional about other people you see in hospital. It's only natural and I get very tearing too especially seeing very young people going through this. Not that I consider myself old mind you. You'll get very used to the routine after this first one. My husband and I have had some really nice chats with other patients and nurses and we even have some laughs. One man who obviously was a 'regular' wanted to know if I had a son he could match up with his highly embarrassed 18 year old daughter who was with him at the time. I do in fact have a lovely son of 23 and he, the nurses and us had a great time discussing the forthcoming relationship. His daughter did join in after a while and got her own back by trying to pair her father with one of the nurses (apparently he was divorced). It was a real hoot and dare I say we've had some really nice times during chemo. It's amazing how people's cancer journeys bring them together. Perfect strangers will start talking to you as one lovely man and his wife did with me in the hospital cafe. I was waiting for my husband and the man just struck up a conversation. It was really lovely. I'm rambling on too much now so I'll stop. Just wanted to say take things one day at a time. Be kind to yourself and rest. Lots of hugs to you. Love Janey xxx