First cycle of R-CHOP - Peeing alot!

Hi  welcome to this corner.

Chemo dues play with your bodies metabolism so not unusual to have the challenges you are having and at times I was peeing lots.... but I was drinking a minimum of 2 litres a day as this is the best way to protect your kidneys and flush the toxins from your body.

Hi Mike,

Thanks for getting back to me! 

I have been drinking a lot,  trying to drink 2-3 litres of water a day, plus the occasional juice or coffee. So that will have an affect,  just felt a bit more than usual today.  But have read that this is how the chemo metabolises and leaves the body? So maybe that, just a little bit frustrating getting up and down to the loo everytime while my hips and knees are feeling the strain! Hopefully it'll pass quickly. 

 Rach 

Hi again Rach, I think you have answered your own question and yes it’s the way that you are cleaning out your body.

There is a positive side to this and you may not see it but regular exercise will help overcome some of the Fatigue.

Here's hoping! 

Thanks for the replies, wee bit of reassurance definitely helps. 

Always around as you will have questions as time goes on.

The steroids cause the glucose level in the blood to go up, then the body tries to get rid of the glucose by peeing it out. So it's the steroids.