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 @byo_boy, you have lots of good tips there. I ate whatever I wanted during chemo.
I drank lots of water in the couple of days before and after chemo to help flush it through. Walking is also good if Rebecca is up to it.
In addition to help my liver process all those drugs I made a juice every morning of celery, beetroot, carrot, ginger and berries to sweeten it. Beetroot is a great liver cleaner. It made me feel good.
I ate lots of vegetables and healthy food and hardly any sugar. It was how I always ate so no real change for me.
Take care of Rebecca's skin and mouth is important. Chemo is very drying of the skin so lots of moisturiser. I used moogoo products because there are no chemicals. I figured I was getting enough chemicals and wanted natural products.
We mouth hygiene it is important to floss after meals and gargle with salty water. I did this after every meal and never got a single ulcer. It is very important to floss to get any food out because any bacteria left in the mouth will cause ulcers.
Take the steroids with chemo to ensure no reaction and then if tolerated try to reduce them. Take the antinausea too as that helps. Having said that I only had nausea once.
We are all different but I did tolerate chemo ok. I had 4 months of it. 3 x AC and 9 taxol. I was meant to have 10 taxol but I got neuropathy in toes so they reduced my dose and I had one less treatment.
Good luck to you both.
I drank lots of water in the couple of days before and after chemo to help flush it through. Walking is also good if Rebecca is up to it.
In addition to help my liver process all those drugs I made a juice every morning of celery, beetroot, carrot, ginger and berries to sweeten it. Beetroot is a great liver cleaner. It made me feel good.
I ate lots of vegetables and healthy food and hardly any sugar. It was how I always ate so no real change for me.
Take care of Rebecca's skin and mouth is important. Chemo is very drying of the skin so lots of moisturiser. I used moogoo products because there are no chemicals. I figured I was getting enough chemicals and wanted natural products.
We mouth hygiene it is important to floss after meals and gargle with salty water. I did this after every meal and never got a single ulcer. It is very important to floss to get any food out because any bacteria left in the mouth will cause ulcers.
Take the steroids with chemo to ensure no reaction and then if tolerated try to reduce them. Take the antinausea too as that helps. Having said that I only had nausea once.
We are all different but I did tolerate chemo ok. I had 4 months of it. 3 x AC and 9 taxol. I was meant to have 10 taxol but I got neuropathy in toes so they reduced my dose and I had one less treatment.
Good luck to you both.