Starting chemo
Hello everyone :) I'm starting chemo in a week - and would love anyone's top tips about it. My type will be a fairly standard one I think - 8 cycles, every two weeks. It's 'AC' (doxorubicin a...
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All the best with your chemo, @HelenlovesSnoopy - hopefully you won't get all the side effects xx .... take a little bag of 'bits to do' (crosswords or suduko etc)... or take your iPad/magazines ... as you'll be there for a while. Even some nibbles - tho you are usually given morning tea & lunch ...
I didn't do chemo, but my husband did..... he was told to drink lots of water after each session to help 'wash it thru' ... Definitely let your Onc & Onc nurses know if you have any long lasting nasty side effects once you are home - and if you ever get a temperature during your treatment, you are usually advised to go to hospital, making sure they know you are on chemo when you arrive. Do you have a reliable thermometer? The new digital ones are very easy to use.
You may need to stay out of the sun or put on heaps of sunscreen lotion - as some chemos can make you susceptible to sun & you can burn SO easily .... maybe ask the Onc Nurses about that one xx
take care & all the best xx
I didn't do chemo, but my husband did..... he was told to drink lots of water after each session to help 'wash it thru' ... Definitely let your Onc & Onc nurses know if you have any long lasting nasty side effects once you are home - and if you ever get a temperature during your treatment, you are usually advised to go to hospital, making sure they know you are on chemo when you arrive. Do you have a reliable thermometer? The new digital ones are very easy to use.
You may need to stay out of the sun or put on heaps of sunscreen lotion - as some chemos can make you susceptible to sun & you can burn SO easily .... maybe ask the Onc Nurses about that one xx
take care & all the best xx