Multi-vitamins Supplements

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Hello everyone,

I am just about to go into my 2nd chemo tomorrow. I had mostly skin related itchiness and my skin turned purple around the joints. Luckily they recovered after a week. I checked with the consultant if I could take supplements and she said to take multi-vitamins but not high dosage of Vitamin C and E as these will mess up the chemo drugs (Paclitaxel & Carboplatin). As I had hysterectomy before my diagnosis, I have also been thrown into menopause and so my skin irritation could have been a side effect and also possibly due to menopause caused by surgery. I wish to take natural supplements and wondered if anyone could share supplements that worked so I have somewhere to start. I have been researching on omega 3, propolis so far.

Thank you.

Bee

FormerMember over 1 year ago

Hi Beezy_bee

I'm sorry to read that you have been having skin problems during chemo. I had red and very dry patches during chemo, same type of chemo as yourself. The chemo nurses gave me Aveeno cream in preparation for any skin problems and I used that. As your Consultant has said multivitamins, I would use only tubs that state multivitamins, you can get these in any discount chemist. It may be also be best to check with your chemo nurses prior to starting them. If you'd like to speak to someone, the Macmillan helpline is open, this is the link to contact https://www.macmillan.org.uk/about-us/contact-us

In the link above, there is information on emailing the nurses, as an option. They work mon- Fri though. Best wishes for the rest of your treatment.

A x

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