Hi Ladies hope everyone is doing ok. I had my second round of EC on Thursday. So far all has been better than the first one. Experienced some stinging and discomfort in my arm during treatment (the red one) a warm wheat bag helped with this. Used the cold cap again. Hair has been shedding though, mainly single strands not clumps, I’ve found platting it helps-seeing it on your clothes constantly gets annoying. steroids.... my chemo nurse suggested taking the Dexe steroid as early as possible in the morning eg 6am with something to eat, to help reduce indigestion and heartburn, so I’ve been taking mine with porridge then 4 hours later take the next dose. I’ve been sleeping better than the first time with taking both doses before lunchtime . nausea... I’ve been taking metoclopramide 10mg 3times daily with a light snack. It’s helped this time. constipation- yeap it’s back, I take 2 docusate sodium tablets at night everyday, the day before chemo I take an extra one at lunchtime and continue this for the week until everything is up and running again. Senna causes abdo cramps for me, got fibre gel as back up. happy Saturday everyone Rachel xx
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