Welcome to May BC Chemotherapy Discussion.
With it's promises of warmer, sunnier days, fresh greenery and opening flowers 
This thread is for all of you good folks going through chemotherapy to browse through, ask questions, answer questions and be there for each other in a way only you all know how.
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If you need any extra tips, our Chemo Tips Page is something you may find very helpful, and if you find a tip which helped you just reply to share with others who are also going through chemo. One top tip, ask about parking at the hospital where you are being treated; for some Cancer patients parking is either free or heavily discounted - So it's worth asking about.
Macmillan produce this Healthy Eating booklet if you have any diet concerns MAC13612_Healthyeating.pdf
If you need to refer back a month here is a link to The April Thread which will be being locked to replies soon.
Remember, you're never alone, you have us! while going through this tough part of your runaway mine cart ride.
Don't forget all cancer patients are entitled to a 5 Year Prescription Fee Exemption Card from your GP for meds to help with any side effects.
Happy Pole Dancing everyone (Maypole that is) 
Fingers crossed for no curved balls with all that is going on around us.
G n' J
Hiya,
Re: NAILS....
First off steri strip on a roll is much cheaper than the pre-cut packaged ones, just cut off the size you need if they start getting wobbly.
Most use some form of cuticle nail gel or cream solution like Evonail etc to stop them becoming too brittle, keep nails fairly short to avoid them splitting at the top
As for nail varnish - some chemo types are more UV sensitive than others but as a general rule of thumb if you wish to use nail varnish to help protect them... There are some water based nail varnish brands too.
The darker colour the better (black, dark blue, dark red) You can put a layer of a lighter colour on first if you want to go black, as 24/7 use of black can stain the nail slightly after time.
Make sure you only use Acetone / Solvent Free nail varnish remover - Acetone is a strong solvent and will dry your nails out and make them very brittle at this time.
There are loads of messages here that mention nails if you type that into the groups search bar 
Finger Nail care is also a good protection against lymphoedema risk, especially if you have had a lymph-node clearance.
Take care, G n' J
Hi
Thank you for the tip I m 8 day of first chemo I tried black ( oncologist) mentioned the benefits but hated it so have water based dark red
my nails are short anyway, I also read that Sally Hansen nail strengthner is good.
Going to find out about Finger Nail 
stay safe and take care
mimi121
