Chemotherapy side effects how to cope

Hey. Sorry to hear you are having to go through the chemo journey. The week after chemo I have found is the worst but then symptoms start to settle and you start to feel more human. I found day 3 and 4 especially not good but by end of the week you do pick up. Rest, lots of fluid...drink as much water as you can before during and after to flush it out. I had bad heartburn with it so omeziprole helped with that.  Don't be afraid to ask your chemo nurses for meds to help. As I've had more doses I've needed sleeping tablets to help reset. If you get headaches there are cold masks on amazon that are a great relief. Smoothies and pure orange helped with the disgusting mouth taste you get. 

Thank you for that it's the nausea and I've got a really sore nose which is so painful did you experience any issues with your nose at all. I'm hardly eating have no appetite and also sore mouth and throat feel all I want to eat is soft foods 

Hey I was on cyclophospomime as part of my concoction that gave me the sensation that I had inhaled water through my nose which was painful and lasted a couple days but settled. Had a couple nose bleeds in the time too. Nausea settles after about a week for me. Talk to them about your mouth though as you may need mouth pastilles. I was lucky enough with my mouth. Week after is really tough but it does subside some of it you have to just ride out. Eat soft foods and smoothies... smoothies were good for energy and taste. 

Hi Cossie1945  and welcome to the Online Community but so sorry to hear about your diagnosis and challenges you are having.

I had over 800hrs of chemo over 2 years and yes I did have various problems but the most important thing I did was kept talking with my clinical team…. mostly my Cancer Nurse Specialist (CNS) as she regularly recommend changes to some of my meds during my treatment to keep on top of the various side effects.

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