Just started Chemo

Hi gordonthegolfer and Thankyou for sharing your first experience - chemo can be quite daunting so it’s great to have updates like this. I hope it continues to go well and a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too

Take care

Karen x

ps it would be great if you could update this post after your next session too?

No problem, just hope I remember.

All the best to you and yours.

Glad it all went well, I was very well looked after on my first one and most of my lovely nurses are still there three years on, they soon get to know you!  Good to get the first one under the belt, hope the side effects stay minimal.  

Many thanks,  keep well.

Hi Gordon it's zainab here ... just read your post ..I'm in the kind of same boat as you i was diagnosed with classic hodgkins lymphoma in October and didn't start treatment till 5 December 2023 ..so currently I'm on day 11 of chemo...chemo day 1 was the worst for me bcos the sickness and was only given anti sickness during the chemo which was pretty bad so it wasn't a great start since then iv been doing okay ...but today just been feeling the symptoms kicking in 0 energy and feeling sick again.. I just really wanted someone to talk to whose going through something similar to me. 

hi Zoggy

You have my sympathy with your probs; only lucky ones seem to avoid problems. Personally a few days after chemo I suffered chronic diaherra and severe stomach pains Im not sure if the problems are due to the operation I had just before they found the cancer in my colon or the reaction to Chemo, I'm due my second installment next week so Im not over enthusiastic about it (a pain in the ass) literally.

If you read a lot of the comments on this site you'll see that a lot of them are hero's in their own right they just refuse to let it drag them down, a brilliant attitude which I'm trying to live up too.

So  anyway enough of my gripes, you and all connected to you have a fantansic Christmas and a Healthy New Year.

Thanks for replying to me ... yh I suppose u have to experience something during chemo..my thing has been just to take each day as it comes... kind of waiting and counting down till the next cycle but obviously not looking forward to it ..so another 10 days to go...but I just hope we all get through this x

Hi Zoggy64 Were you not given any antisickness meds to take home with you? I was given some tablets called ondansetron and told to take them for the first few days then as and when if needed. If you’re really struggling then give your 24 hour chemo helpline a ring - they’re not just tor emergencies - and see if they can help? 
Keep talking to your support team because if one tablet doesn’t work then trying a different one can make all the difference

Take care

Karen x

Hi Karen hope your well...I  wasn't given any when I started the chemo on Day one n when the sickness started they realised and then started giving me it and  after that thy did provide me with anti sickness quiet regulary and since being home they have given me em. I think mine are called metoclopramide..I was okay for a couple of days without it at home but yesterday I wasn't feeling too great and was sick but today I made sure I took my anti sick Ness in the morning time ..  so iv been okay so far thank god..thank you for replying Karen x

Hi  Karen/Zoggy, Did the anti sickness tablets help with severe cramps in the stomach area ?.

All the best