gemzar/navelbine

[Anonymous]

mom is taking gemzar.navelbine. liver and brain mets. has chemo on fridays - 3 weeks on and 1 week off. did not have chemo yesterday but still a little nauseasous (SP) chemo side effect? sometimes not much of an appetite either. but she hasnt had chemo since last friday. normal?

[eleanor]

The nausea thing is kind of individual. Everyone is different, and every treatment is different. I had weeks where I felt nothing, other weeks I couldn't eat for days. The biggest thing I did was allowed myself to feel how ever good or however bad. Ate when I could, didn't worry about it when I couldn't. Have her try popsicles, crackers, soup. Fluids are more important.
el