MrsBCW

How did your husband do with his first treatment? How are you doing? Sometimes it is harder for the caregiver to watch than it is to be the patient. Hope you are doing good.

Hi Mrs. BCW,
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I hope your husband's first chemo gets going to work its magic!
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Hi Mrs. BCW. I hope everything goes well for your husand's first chemo. And please make sure you take of yourself, too. You can't be a caregiver for your husband if you drive yourself into the ground. Thinking good thoughts for you both.

The treatment period is where you as the caregiver need to understand that the side effects of each chemo treatment vary. One doctor said the last treatment’s side effects are no predictor of the next treatment. So as you go through the treatments you may find the need to change things like what tasted good last time does not now. This can happen with other things like sleep patterns, resting, walking, and reading. When I was in my first chemo I could not watch the fast action of a football game on TV. My brain could not process the fast action on the screen. This is but one side effect that is referred to as chemo brain. My subsequent chemo treatments did not do this.

Eating is an important issue to deal with as swallowing may be a problem. If the patient has periods of tastelessness where most things taste like cardboard, they will require an attitude adjustment. A friend of mine said it this way, “My Marine doctor told me, ‘If you don’t eat you die!’” My doctors told me to eat anything, just eat. Once I was sitting next to a survivor and he said he was happy because last evening he was able to eat a plain baked potato. Try a variety of foods to see if you can find those that come close to pleasing the palate. What tastes good this month may not be next month. If you do not eat one night it is not the end of the world and tomorrow may be better.

Some doctors prescribe what they call “miracle mouthwash” to use for dealing with mouth sores and sore throat. The doctor mixes an RX of different things to soothe the throat. It numbs the mouth tissue to give relief plus it heals.

Eating, drinking lots of water, sleeping and rest with some exercise in a daily routine usually helps.

I can tell by what you have done so far you will be able to handle this well.

Best wishes for you and that lucky man you are taking such good care of.

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Howdy MrsBCW,

The good news is that he has an excellent prognosis. The bad news is that he'll probably be a little more grumpy than usual, on occasion. Tell him that men with scars turn you on!

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