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What to drink after chemo? Ugh...
I was curious as to what most of you drink after chemo? Long before my nightmare of bc...I was a BIG water drinker. You couldn't catch me any where without a bottle of water. I don't like soda's to speak of...and other then that tea is the only other thing I can drink.
But since chemo...I was told to drink LOTS or water as I am sure you all were. I thought to myself "No problem...I love water.". Well...that changed quickly enough after almost my first chemo. Water tasted TERRIBLE! I mean BAD.
It takes EVERYTHING I have and then some to FORCE myself to drink water after a full cycle of chemo. (Usually by the second week when I am only doing the herceptin...the water is fine.) But that first week after the taxotere, carb & herceptin...my mouth and taste is so messed up.
I KNOW I HAVE to drink something and I have become so concerned that I finally broke down and got some Power Aid. The red and orange flavored. Now strange as that is for me...it tastes GOOD. But what I don't like is the fact its full of suger pretty much.
But my thinking is...any fluid in the body is better then NO fluid. (Right?) I do manage to get SOME water down..but just a few sips. Its just gross.
I never asked my doctor what she would think of this? But don't you think drinking at least one bottle of the power Aid has to be better then nothing?
I didn't want to become totally dyhdrated. I am just NOT use to drinking anything sweet...let alone power aid. It does have potassium and stuff in it though..so maybe its not all bad. I find after I get a bottle of it down...I get a better appetite back. Not sure why? I have lost 33 pounds since I was DX...I hear people gain weight...I have LOST...I can't eat or drink much to speak of.
Do ANY of you have problems with the NORMAL things you USE to drink before you started chemo? Do you think the power aid would be better then nothing? Or should I FORCE myself to get more water down rather I like it or not? What do you guys all drink? Am I the only one with this problem?
Thanks...
chelee
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DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes.
Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs.
Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06
Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07
3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07
9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV.
9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa
9-29-09 Power Port Placement
10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head.
11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed
12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa.
3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed.
4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone.
5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy.
Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time.
7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.
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