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Hello. My name is Jenny and I live on the NSW/Vic Border. I have gone to post in here a couple of times but backed out. Denial maybe? On Wednesday I was officially given the diagnosis of BC. I hav...
Sounds like you’ve pretty much got the main items ready!
You’ll work out really quickly what you’ll need to make you feel most comfortable. I crave oranges and strawberries believe it or not! At first I was guzzling way too much orange juice - so much sugar! So I swapped to oranges so at least I’m getting the fiber value and ultimately I’m ingesting less fruit overall.
I also crave salt - so vegemite toast really hits the spot for me.
The challenge for me during chemo is keeping my liquids up. I was a 2-litre a day water baby before chemo and now I can’t drink plain water because it tastes so weird. I need to have some sort of flavor - I think I’ll try some sugar-free cordial otherwise tea helps - especially with a bit of Manuka honey it it.
You might not end up constipated or with the runs - I haven’t had either.
Maybe keep some panadol and/or nurofen handy for aches and pains.
Sounds like you’re doing really well and getting well prepared.
Xxxxxxx
You’ll work out really quickly what you’ll need to make you feel most comfortable. I crave oranges and strawberries believe it or not! At first I was guzzling way too much orange juice - so much sugar! So I swapped to oranges so at least I’m getting the fiber value and ultimately I’m ingesting less fruit overall.
I also crave salt - so vegemite toast really hits the spot for me.
The challenge for me during chemo is keeping my liquids up. I was a 2-litre a day water baby before chemo and now I can’t drink plain water because it tastes so weird. I need to have some sort of flavor - I think I’ll try some sugar-free cordial otherwise tea helps - especially with a bit of Manuka honey it it.
You might not end up constipated or with the runs - I haven’t had either.
Maybe keep some panadol and/or nurofen handy for aches and pains.
Sounds like you’re doing really well and getting well prepared.
Xxxxxxx