1st Chemo help
I start chemo tomorrow. I'm not coping so well today, I think I am going to scream if I hear anyone else tell me how important it is to stay positive! Today I'm having a picc line put in, chemo educa...
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@Piccme Hi, hope your first day of chemo well., it is very scary and you do feel anxious of the fear of the unknown. The best thing is not to listen to any stories people tell you coz we all react differently.
On my first day of chemo I was so anxious I couldn't sleep. I found that after the 4 hours of the infusion I was waiting for something terrible to happen . The anti nauseous drugs they gave me worked amazing I found it very hard to sleep as the steroid drugs I had been given kept me awake. I can't remember the exact name of the ginger stuff I had. I was fortunate enough to have my niece who is a naturopath who gave me advice and natural remedies for the nausea. I always took the ginger before my chemo . i had chemo every 3 weeks over a 6 month period and found the middle week was my toughest and third week was great then back into it.
People always told me to stay positive but I think it was because they really didn't know what to say to make me feel better and I understood that.
When you are confronted with all these things at once you are entitled to be anxious , I really did work on the power of positive thinking and always made sure I wore nice bright clothes to chemo to cheer me up. That was me and you will find whatever suits you .
My husband and I went to a Look good feel better class before I started my chemo which was very good coz we were both very frightened of what was ahead for us.
It made me think about how I was going to get through it and out of it I decided that when I was out in public I would make sure I continued to wear my makeup and wear bright clothes like always and this helped me..
mad your journey goes along you will learn to get rid of the negative people and do what is right for you
Good luck
Di xx
On my first day of chemo I was so anxious I couldn't sleep. I found that after the 4 hours of the infusion I was waiting for something terrible to happen . The anti nauseous drugs they gave me worked amazing I found it very hard to sleep as the steroid drugs I had been given kept me awake. I can't remember the exact name of the ginger stuff I had. I was fortunate enough to have my niece who is a naturopath who gave me advice and natural remedies for the nausea. I always took the ginger before my chemo . i had chemo every 3 weeks over a 6 month period and found the middle week was my toughest and third week was great then back into it.
People always told me to stay positive but I think it was because they really didn't know what to say to make me feel better and I understood that.
When you are confronted with all these things at once you are entitled to be anxious , I really did work on the power of positive thinking and always made sure I wore nice bright clothes to chemo to cheer me up. That was me and you will find whatever suits you .
My husband and I went to a Look good feel better class before I started my chemo which was very good coz we were both very frightened of what was ahead for us.
It made me think about how I was going to get through it and out of it I decided that when I was out in public I would make sure I continued to wear my makeup and wear bright clothes like always and this helped me..
mad your journey goes along you will learn to get rid of the negative people and do what is right for you
Good luck
Di xx