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Mum's first chemo session
Hi, my mum will be having her first ever chemo session early next week. The oncologist will treat her with Paclitaxel and treatment will be once a week for 4 weeks followed by 1 week break each cycle...
Dear @Abbydog, thank you so much for your suggestions and kind words, it means so much to me and my mum. We are in Western Australia and I do hope they let me in to be with mum during her chemo sessions. Mum can't speak English so hopefully they will as I will need to translate.
Mum also hates early starts so I will ask for lunch or early afternoon appointments. I really don't know how mum is going to fare with all of this. I will definitely get the fruit tingles and make sure she applies paw paw in her nostrils to keep moisturised. I do have a heat pack at home that I can use. Mum has lost her appetite already and it is also a struggle getting her to drink enough fluids. I'm thinking about asking the doctor to put her on a drip on her chemo days otherwise she won't be hydrated enough. Thanks again. <3
Mum also hates early starts so I will ask for lunch or early afternoon appointments. I really don't know how mum is going to fare with all of this. I will definitely get the fruit tingles and make sure she applies paw paw in her nostrils to keep moisturised. I do have a heat pack at home that I can use. Mum has lost her appetite already and it is also a struggle getting her to drink enough fluids. I'm thinking about asking the doctor to put her on a drip on her chemo days otherwise she won't be hydrated enough. Thanks again. <3