Calm before the storm
Hi all, We have our first dose-dense AC treatment this Friday for Rebecca and while we're really glad to have some sense of momentum and control now with the treatment plan, I'm trying to get organ...
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Hello. You will get lots of different responses on this so you might just have to play it by ear the first week or so
i didn’t lose my taste or appetite on chemo and had no nausea or trouble with mouth ulcers so I was able to eat and drink normally with a few exceptions, some foods gave me indigestion, mainly richer foods like creamy sauces ect but that was easy managed with quickeeze
The day of chemotherapy I usually wasn’t very hungry and just had smaller serves, like Allyjay I found salty foods went down really well and even a bit of takeaway like fish and chips seemed to help me feel better
We still just did our weekly meal plan and shop and most nights I was ok to cook or help cook
Home Delivery of groceries was very handy and also having a few meals in the freezer for nights when we couldn’t be bothered cooking
Having 3 kids that obviously still needed to eat we found just keeping the regular routine worked and if I didn’t feel like dinner I just popped my serving in the fridge for the next day.
i didn’t lose my taste or appetite on chemo and had no nausea or trouble with mouth ulcers so I was able to eat and drink normally with a few exceptions, some foods gave me indigestion, mainly richer foods like creamy sauces ect but that was easy managed with quickeeze
The day of chemotherapy I usually wasn’t very hungry and just had smaller serves, like Allyjay I found salty foods went down really well and even a bit of takeaway like fish and chips seemed to help me feel better
We still just did our weekly meal plan and shop and most nights I was ok to cook or help cook
Home Delivery of groceries was very handy and also having a few meals in the freezer for nights when we couldn’t be bothered cooking
Having 3 kids that obviously still needed to eat we found just keeping the regular routine worked and if I didn’t feel like dinner I just popped my serving in the fridge for the next day.
I struggle to drink enough water so I found icypoles and cordial kept me hydrated
Best of luck
Best of luck