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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...
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