From the category archives:

Mouth and Nausea problems

Tips for managing Nausea

February 23, 2010

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Tips from Lisa Fayed
Lisa Fayed edits a very succesful website as part of the www.About.com family, and recently had this Guide to handling nausea:
Nausea is one the most common side effects …. and can also be one of the most miserable ones. Although nausea may seem like a harmless side effect of chemotherapy, [...]

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Banish that nausea!

January 14, 2010

Lillipops Iced Soothies

So OK – when you are pregnant you get morning sickness. But cancer patients can get nausea at any time, and sometimes long after chemo the drugs we are on suddenly decide to remind us they are there.
So we might as well borrow a remedy from a pregnant mum, who came up with [...]

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Chemo Mouth

October 14, 2009

Wikipedia

I though I had avoided the dreaded Chemo mouth – then a new drug set this off . Ulcers made it painful to eat, and I searched desperately for something to relieve the pain. The most sensible advice I had came from the nurse team at Cancer Research UK. My GP was away on holiday, [...]

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Nausea

May 18, 2009

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This is one of the few side effects I found doctors and nurses were keen to offer help in treating – and would you believe it, I spurned all their suggestions!
Reason? I was taking so many pills that I just didn’t want to add more to those already rattling around [...]

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