TWO WEEKS INTO CHEMOTHERAPY

My friend is now into her second week of chemotherapy. The side effects haven't been as bad as we probably anticipated. She feels very nauseous for the first couple of days, but has not been physically sick and the other good thing is that she hasn't had the other adverse effect of the runs. If anything she is constipated and has to take some medicine every couple of days to alleviate the problem.


I am now giving the daily 'Clexane' injections for thinning the blood, so that means no more waiting for the district nurse to arrive. We do still have to wait on Thursdays for a nurse to come and take blood ready for the Chemo on Friday, but that isn't too bad.


In general my friend is still not eating very well. The energy drinks and puddings she has been prescribed are horrible and she won't drink or eat them. It is very difficult finding something to stimulate her taste buds as she says that everything she eats or drinks tastes horrible.


The other problem is that she has no energy, which is not surprising. She is also very tired and now spends quite some time in bed.


Still we mustn't crumble. We are still ploughing on and taking each day, if not each moment as it comes. Watch out for my next update.