Is it safe to be around someone on chemotherapy?

Unless your health care team tells you differently, you can usually be around family and friends during the weeks and months you’re getting chemo. On treatment days, family and friends can often come with you.

What are the worst side effects of chemotherapy?

• Infection and a weakened immune system. Cancer and the treatment of it can weaken the immune system.
• Bruising and bleeding more easily. Chemotherapy can cause a person to bruise or bleed more easily.
• Hair loss.
• Nausea and vomiting.
• Neuropathy.
• Constipation and diarrhea.
• Rash.
• Mouth sores.

How many days do you feel bad after chemo?

You may experience nausea (feeling like you might throw up) and vomiting (throwing up) after your last chemotherapy treatment. It should go away in 2 to 3 weeks. Your appetite may continue to be affected due to taste changes you may have experienced during your treatment.

Is urine from chemo patients toxic?

She said chemotherapy drugs remain in a patient’s bodily fluids for up to 72 hours after therapy ends. This means the drugs are present in vomit, urine and excrement during that time. In extreme cases, it can even lead to cancer.

Is chemo painful?

Why it happens: Chemotherapy may cause painful side effects like burning, numbness and tingling or shooting pains in your hands and feet, as well as mouth sores, headaches, muscle and stomach pain. Pain can be caused by the cancer itself or by the chemo.

What to expect when starting chemo?

With infusion chemo, you go to the hospital for a few hours of treatment. Then, you may have days of side effects. They depend on the drug or combo of drugs you get. Side effects vary and my include aches and pains, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, and the dreaded hair loss.

How to eat when Chemo kills your appetite?

Fight off nausea. It’s tough to eat when even the thought of food makes you sick.

Eat your favorite foods. Your appetite,and the foods that appeal to you,can change from day to day.

Try small meals.

Make it easy.

Pay attention to protein.

Make mealtimes an event.

Get moving.

Keep an open mind.

What to eat when undergoing chemotherapy?

Whole Grains. Whole grains are more nutritious than refined grains and provide more fiber.

Fruits and Vegetables. The American Cancer Society recommends eating 1.5 to 2 cups of fruit and 2 to 3 cups of vegetables each day during chemotherapy.

Lean Protein Sources.

Fat Considerations.

What happens when you cheat on your diet?

When you have a cheat day and eat foods that your body isn’t used to, your metabolism can go into shock. It doesn’t know what to do with the food you’ve eaten and it can take awhile for it to break those foods down. This can cause stalls on the HCG Diet.

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