First chemotherapy

My first I felt rubbish for about a week but then the next 2 weeks weren't so bad. Having my 2nd chemo this week so hoping it will be better x

Hi, when you say you felt rubbish did you throw up at all? I took everything that was given to me all the anti sickness but was bad for a few days. 
I hope your second one goes ok x

Hi  what chemo are you on . I had EC X 6 ( you can read my profile by clicking on my name ) I always had nausea. Which is norm for most chemo some cycles worse than others but ... no vomiting I was told to ring my unit if I was actually sick they can change your meds to something that works for you . 

We all react differently but the unit does not want you to suffer so give them a ring they won't mind .

hope you feel better soon 

Thank you,

sorry I didn’t get back to you.

first lot of chemo is Fec-t , phoned the hospital after 2nd day because I couldn’t keep anything down including anti sickness water etc. They did say that if it didn’t get any better I would have to go to hospital A&E. that really worried me.

they did say they could change my medication though.

Also have really bad sore throat, I used Difflam mouth wash however I think I might have had some sort of reaction to it so left that out today

x

Hi  .. take a breath you'll be fine , hopefully  by day 10 you should start to feel a little better so that by 15 you'll feel almost normal . 

We are all different in how we react plus there are many cocktails of chemo . I was lucky and coped reasonably well 1>4 then felt rough for last two ,was offered a change but I'm stubborn  

If sickness continues ring unit again ask if you can go in for meds . The suggestion for A&E isn't as scary as it sounds you will be kept separate anyway because of chemo let alone covid . They would take  your bloods to make sure no infection and don't need antibiotics .

One other important thing is have you taken temperature if it high you do need to be seen . 

You may get more answers on the Jan chemo thread where you can chat to people going thru chemo some on FEC-t

You can find it under the diagnosis and treatment discussion Jan chemo thread 

here is the link 

community.macmillan.org.uk/.../january-breast-cancer-chemo

Take care keep posting it will help 

Thank you

you give me hope that I will get through this ,I am a pretty strong person but I have to admit Felt so rough that first week I doubted I could do it. 

day 10 tomorrow 

you’ve put my mind at rest a bit about going to hospital . Have been taking my temperature and it s normal.

You have given me hope that I can get through this and thank you for the links 

xx

I was sick once about 4am the next day after feeling nauseous all night. I felt nauseous for a few days after but was not sick again. Slowly it went little by little. I think this time round I am going to try eating a bit more to see if that helps. Also I completely went off anything sweet so have stocked up with lemon squash and some savoury bits to snack on. 

2nd chemo tomorrow so another one down! X

I hope it goes ok for you tomorrow x if eating more helps let us know.

I’m dreading my 2nd mainly because I was so sick. I found that boiled sweets helped a bit with my nausea but not my mouth ulcers .

Hi  try frozen grapes for your mouth . I used to fill my fridge with small tubs of jelly ,rice,custard . Cocktail sausages anything small so I could pick when I was nauseous. Little and often helped me to keep it under control .I meant to say before I do know that some people had the F  part of FEC removed because they weren't tolerating it well . Decision was made by onco . 

good luck 

Hi,

thanks I will try the frozen grapes and jelly.

I won’t speak to my oncologist until the day before my next treatment. Someone mentioned gargling with sea salt