chemo today

Hi Kester,

I found the 1st to be the hardest as far as immediate sideffects went... Also had a whopping migraine set in but a panadeine forte latter it settled and did not make a come back.

Walking helps with feeling nauseated. The more you walk the more you will burp and nausea will stop. Also the worst of nausea is in the initial 6 to 10 hours so that too will be over soon. Another thing that halps is earing oensucking on grapefruit or drinking just some lemon squeezed in water.

If you have not had any movicol before the Chemo please get some from the Chemist in the morning and take 1 and have it twice daily the initial 2 to 3 days as AC Chemo.gives you a case of 'cement poos' due to anti nausea meds they administer with it and can hit you immediately (movicol is gentle and effective) and tou tou do not want hemmoroids or fissures down the road from straining.

Do not fret if you feel a bit flushed / feverish (kind of same feeling as before getting the flu as that too relatjvely normal with the 1st AC) initial few days. And be on a lookout for the "Chemo fog".  It hit me hard the first 3 days making thinking a very hard task and I almost ODed on my take home.meds by almost taking wrong ones even tbough I read labels 5 times.  I now make sure someone else also checks my meds in the initial 3 days just in case (or if nobody arround I separate anrinausea from steroid and olace each in a separate zilock bag and write days and times when need to be taken on the outside of each bag with a marker then after I take each dose I cross off the rime slot - stops me from taking same med twice in error).

Also spups soups soups are great food the the first few days (for looking after digestion) - Hospital dietitian advised as much in soup form as possible with heaps of meat and veg (and easy on noodles and potatoes...)... Helps hydrate you nourish you and keeps tummy and gut going....

I am glad your 1st Chemo was eventless and just hang in there.  Nausea will be gone soon and all future Chemos I at least have found to be far lesser 'assault' on my system. 

Hugs

Jel