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Tips for Chemo and Radiation
Last year going through chemo I wrote down things which helped as I went through treatment to share with three friends coming behind me. Some is advice I got from other patients, some from doctors, s...
Dear @Cath62
See how you go on A/C - I had the obligatory anti-nausea drugs with each A/C treatment but didn’t take anything else in between as I never felt sick. As a result, my oncologist was happy to leave the steroids out with weekly Taxol, on the strict understanding of no complaints if I got sick (he would of course have reintroduced the steroids!). I was fine. Anti-nausea meds are essential for some, but not all. No idea why. Best wishes.
See how you go on A/C - I had the obligatory anti-nausea drugs with each A/C treatment but didn’t take anything else in between as I never felt sick. As a result, my oncologist was happy to leave the steroids out with weekly Taxol, on the strict understanding of no complaints if I got sick (he would of course have reintroduced the steroids!). I was fine. Anti-nausea meds are essential for some, but not all. No idea why. Best wishes.