My wife was diagnosed with nhl last month and just had her second chemo session two days ago. Woke up during the night feeling really nauseous and remains that way this afternoon. She took anti nausea med this morning and has slept most of the day. Her first treatment was in the hospital and didn’t affect her as much. . Any thoughts on how long this lasts? Thanks. Rchop
Hi Rchop and welcome to this corner of the Community although I am always sorry to see folks joining us.
I am Mike and I help out around our various Lymphoma groups. I am so sorry to hear that your wife is having to deal with the Nausea, this is one of the unfortunate Side Effects of Treatments that can come along. It's not a pleasant feeling.... you just want to be sick but you tend to not actually be sick.
She most likely had her Nausea meds administered through IV in hospital and this tends to be much more effective than in tablet form.
She must not suffer in silence. If this continues more than a few days it needs to be called in to her clinical team........ do you have a contact number for her Specialist Cancer Nurse?....... talk to them as there are lots of different types of nausea meds that can be used and sometimes it's trial and error to get the best one.
My treatments was a big brother of R-CHOP so I was in hospital for 5 days/nights on my IV 24/7 for my 6 cycles and on the whole did ok with the nausea. Yes I felt sick at times but the meds did their job in reducing this.
But it did take a few changes of meds over the months to help control this as the body metabolises the treatments differently as time goes on so some side effect will come and go over the cycles.
As to how long this will go on for.....? there simply is no clear answer to this. Some folks do ok.....some suffer on and off all the way through treatment but it is important to remember that this is all temporary and will pass.
She most like was being monitored as to how much water she was drinking in hospital - I was. She needs to be drinking at least 2 Liters of water every day all the way through her months of treatment. This is the main tool to help flush the chemo toxins from her body, protects her kidneys, will actually help the nausea and keeps her body hydrated so protects her general wellbeing although you end up going to the toilet a lot....... but this is good as some simple exercise stops some of the Fatigue from developing.
I was diagnosed way back in 1999 with a rare, incurable but treatable type of NHL (CTCL) Stage 4a so I know it's hard to see past the immediate challenges at the moment (hit my community name to see my story) but keeping your eyes fixed on the greater good in all this is very important.
What type of NHL does she have?
I always highlight the Lymphoma Action website. The Bold link above are taken for the site.
Lymphoma Action is a small but very active UK Lymphoma Specific Charity who have lots of good reliable information, videos and run regular Lymphoma Online Support Groups for patients with a few groups specifically for Family and Carers...... I highly recommend these groups as there is nothing better than talking with other who have walked the journey.
They also have a great Lymphoma Action Buddy Service where people can be linked up with someone who has walked the same treatment journey. They also have a Lymphoma helpline on 0808 808 5555 where Sharon or Nic will be on hand to give you some support - open every week day from 10 till 3.
This is a bumpy journey for everyone involved but this group is here to help you navigate this.
Always around to help more or just to chat.
