Sickness during chemo infusion

Hi JEL 

You might find it helpful to speak to our helpline staff. 0808 808 0000.

My mum has some pretty horrible side effects and had a few approaches back in the day . Her infusion was slowed to six hours the first year . The second year they actually took her in overnight and gave her a very slow infusion .

That worked ! But they also reduced her dose slightly and that really helped with side effects .

Keep chatting to your team  and they may have other approaches that will help you .

Take care ,

Court 

Thankyou for your reply, that's really helpful. I'll have a chat with my team about slowing the  infusion further. Did your mum have additional nausea drugs to help? 

I can’t honestly remember but others have . I will tag in Kareno62  to see if she knows a bit more about this aspect . 
Take care ,

Court 

Hi JEL,

I was given an aprepitant called Emend about an hour before the infusion. It really helped with the nausea. 

Cheryl x

Thankyou for your reply Cheryl, I'll mention that to my team too. I did have an anti sickness tablet an hour before then various injections in my tummy and bottom. But I don't know what they were called, I wasnt in the best of ways to remember. I need to ask them for a prevention rather than try to stop it when it's already too much. Thankyou.

Jayne 

Hi JEL

Very sorry to read of your reaction to the chemo. You don’t say which type they’re giving you. I would speak with the CNS as soon as you can to talk through options, especially preventative ones. I don’t know if it’s possible, but could they change the dose, or even the type of chemo?

Thankyou for your reply. I'm receiving XELOX as an infusion and was given Apreititant tablet an hour before chemo. I am told they are reluctant to reduce the dose. 

Many thanks, 

Jayne