Third chemotherapy appointment

Hi Foralice sorry you haven't had a reply yet I've no personal experience but my dil had chemo for bowel cancer and found the side effects did get worse over time. Tablets eased her nausea. I hope you get some help and advice from other members soon.

Many thanks for your reply - as you say the anti nausea tablets do help.

Thank you

So sorry have only just seen your post.  Yes it did get worse as the chemo built up. I became neutropenic after number 5, that means that you basically have no.immune system. Phone the chemo line that you should have, ask them about the nausea and hopefully your wife has some extra anti emetics?  They should guide you through what pain relief and the dosage she can have. It is usually a 24 hour phone line.

I'm so sorry your beloved wife is feeling so poorly. Let us know how you get on please. Take care. 

LC 

Xx

Thank you so much. She has picked up somewhat as the day has gone on, She has the domperidone tablets to take 3 times a day which are for the nausea and they seem to be doing the trick. I'll bear that in mind regarding the chemo phone number if it comes back tomorrow. 

Many thanks for your reply

Neal

Hi  ForAlice,

My daughter had chemo for breast cancer 6 years ago, but I well remember how poorly she was.

She was always rough for the first week of the cycle, felt very sick even with tablets and found it best to stay in bed, lying down. She grazed, rather than had meals as she couldn't face big meals. She nibbled ginger biscuits and whatever she fancied. Each cycle was slightly worse, and she was hospitalized at one point for a couple of days with a cold. Make sure you keep an eye on her temperature. Chemo is not the nicest of things, but if it does the trick, well worth it!!! Best wishes to you and your wife. 

Thank you very much for this. It does now seem to affect her more each time. As you say laying down in bed seems to be better and I'm making sure she drinks plenty of water also.

Many thanks and best wishes to you and your family 

Neal 

Yes, My daughter drank gallons of water!!! She pottered around the 2nd week, and was nearly normal the third week!  She put on weight with all the inactivity, but worked it off once she was over the chemo. And, all her enthusiasm for hand washing and wiping down door handles has come in very useful lately!! It even rubbed off onto me at the time!!!

It  sounds like she is well prepared for these virus days!

It does seem it takes a couple of weeks to get back to almost normal only for it to all start again after the third week when the chemo is done again - it certainly is a tough thing but as you said hopefully worth it if it does the trick.

My wife is due to have a CT scan again in 3 weeks also which will give us an idea if the treatment is working - not looking forward to waiting for results after though - a nervous time I'm sure!

Take care

Neal