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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Hi George and Rebecca
Everyone is different with their experience of the AC chemo, I found eating a challenge initially and remember sitting at the table eating rockmellon and zucchini together because that tasted good to me! I had a good tip from the pharmacist, sometimes people mistake nausea for heartburn, that was certainly my experience, I didn't get a lot of nausea. The heartburn was well controlled with pantaprazole and that allowed me to eat. Also I was given a 5 day anti nausea tablet on treatment day and steroids to curb nausea and Maxalon and gastrostop on hand to take home in case of vomiting or diarrhoea. My oncologist told me to eat whatever tasted good to me ( even if it wasn't a healthy choice!), I had quite a bit of altered taste sensation and it is 7 weeks post chemo and it's gradually coming back! I am still not able to eat garlic, chilli and curry. The cancer council have a really good publication on cancer and nutrition that has lots of good tips:
https://www.cancercouncil.com.au/cancer-information/living-well/nutrition-and-cancer/
Hope that helps you.
Best wishes for Friday!
Everyone is different with their experience of the AC chemo, I found eating a challenge initially and remember sitting at the table eating rockmellon and zucchini together because that tasted good to me! I had a good tip from the pharmacist, sometimes people mistake nausea for heartburn, that was certainly my experience, I didn't get a lot of nausea. The heartburn was well controlled with pantaprazole and that allowed me to eat. Also I was given a 5 day anti nausea tablet on treatment day and steroids to curb nausea and Maxalon and gastrostop on hand to take home in case of vomiting or diarrhoea. My oncologist told me to eat whatever tasted good to me ( even if it wasn't a healthy choice!), I had quite a bit of altered taste sensation and it is 7 weeks post chemo and it's gradually coming back! I am still not able to eat garlic, chilli and curry. The cancer council have a really good publication on cancer and nutrition that has lots of good tips:
https://www.cancercouncil.com.au/cancer-information/living-well/nutrition-and-cancer/
Hope that helps you.
Best wishes for Friday!