***What to bring to chemo***
Hazel Joyce asked the question above as she will be starting chemo soon and I thought this was a valid question and that everyone could provide input. I had chemo on Thur pm. The below was my "checklist"
1. I would wear a long sleeve button down shirt so the nurse could easily access my port.
2. I would bring a HUGE 64 oz bottle of water to drink during chemo (the iv ALREADY made you have to go to the bathroom constantly and this made it worse, but I heard it helps to flush the chemo, BUT I also found out from my onc nurse AND the hard way that water can cause nausea so BE CAREFUL).
3. I slept during mine or visited with the other patients.
Take care and God bless.
Rhonda
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Rhonda
Dx 2/1/05, Stage 1, 0 nodes, Grade 3, ER/PR-, HER2+ (3.16 Fish)
2/7/05, Partial Mastectomy
5/18/05 Finished 6 rounds of dose dense TEC (Taxotere, Epirubicin and Cytoxan)
8/1/05 Finished 33 rads
8/18/05 Started Herceptin, every 3 weeks for a year (last one 8/10/06)
2/1/13...8 year Cancerversary and I am "perfect" (at least where cancer is concerned;)
" And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."- Abraham Lincoln
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