I just spent an entire week not being able to look at my hand, touch my hand, even think about my hand because this is where the AC chemo tube went in, and it made me feel sick, to the point of retching. Even now I feel a little nauseous to think about it. Has anyone felt the same or had anything similar?
Hi there
I have felt a little queasy at times when I’ve remembered what’s gone into my hand. Especially the red epirubicin!
I find the vein pain a bit more nausea inducing though.
Cecelia. x
I feel nasuseous even thinking/talking about having chemo…I have a bruise-like pain in both fore-arms now (as I haven’t had surgery yet they have used both hands) and my veins are sore, if anything presses on the bruised/sore areas it also makes me feel nasuseous by association. Yuk.
Shannon
My vein collapsed during chemo and has been painful from wrist to elbow ever since. The pulling streching pain makes me feel queasy and just makes me think of chemo. I am with you on that. BUT this is a temporary blip and it will soon be over ( I keep telling myself) two more to go for me.
I will be thinking positively for you and hope this goes away asap
K
Happy to say the nausea connected to my hand has gone away! I think it might have something to do with my dastardly plans the chemo before. The first chemo, I drank a chai latte (which I love) straight after and haven’t been able to touch one since. So the second chemo I decided to try out a diet tactic - ate a big bag of chips straight after chemo, it tasted great at the time but I haven’t been able to touch the devils since, nor go anywhere near the lovely little organic chicken shop I got them from. Brilliant, I thought. The next week however I didn’t want to feel so nauseous about food so I didn’t eat anything I loved or anything too flavoursome. So because my mind had nothing to connect the nausea with, it decided to connect it with my hand. Next week I’m going to have a macdonalds cheeseburger so I’ll never go near macdonalds again.
I hope everyone is having a good day x
Jeodo - I just spat coffee all over me keyboard! What a fab idea!!! I’m due in for chemo next week, so will spend a bit of time planning on what to eat straight after! I chewed/sucked both Starburst chews and Werthers mints while I had the Cyclophosphomide, to stop that tickly sneezy feeling, and can’t face either of them now… never even thought about aversion therapy! :o)
You certainly made me smile with that one, thanks!
Shannon
x
Jeodo
What a marvellous plan… can this cure my addiction to ice cream mars bars…I am going to give it a shot on Friday!
Thanks
Jeodo - brilliant idea! Wish I’d thought of it in time.
Too late for me now as I finished my chemo last month. And guess what … I’ve still got a colour aversion thing going for anything that special epirubicin shade of raspberry. For example, my daughter has a lovely pink cord dress which now stays in the cupboard, as I don’t want to feel sick whenever I look at her … And sometimes petrol fumes smell like the taste of cyclophosphamide, and I find myself retching …
I did eat a lot of salty, crunchy things under the malign influence of those pesky steroids; and a month later still have no desire to ever eat crisps again. Which is just as well, as I put on 5 kgs since the start of treatment. Hmmm.
Cheers. Stockbeck.
Just don’t show me a glass of cranberry juice!!! Yeuk!
Yes, i made the mistake of using some rather luscious new body lotion the day after chemo and that was it - had to go in the bin.
Also, plastic chairs in waiting rooms make my head swim with nausea now - cos of the association with chemo suite.
jacquie