Hi Believe
I thought of more of the stuff that happened to me on A/C.
It was difficult to eat anything (nausea) so I had boxes of
soda crackers (the kind you put in soup) all over the house.
I also bought a box of plastic cutlery. Everything tasted like
metal and the plastic utensils helped somewhat. I also found
a few things I could eat and I'm sure Ed will too. Lemon candies
helped with the yucky taste in my mouth.
The meds I took for nausea caused MAJOR constipation. I think
there should be another word for it because it was MORE than
constipation. I started the laxatives the day of the treatment and
kept taking it for 4 days - the same length of time that I took the
super-duper anti-nausea meds. Talk to your chemo nurse about that.
The stuff my chemo nurse gave me was more of a stool softener than a laxative.
I also rinsed my mouth with warm salt water 3 or 4 times a day. I
got mouth sores but they were minimal. A/C wiped out my white cells way
more than the taxol did. I had to stay home most of the time and was put
on anti-biotics . I had one treatment postponed by one week
because my blood was too low. And I had major fatigue. My hair fell out
about 3 weeks after the first treatment. Other than that, it was okay
Good luck.