r/endometrialcancer • u/Talesfromthescript11 • 10d ago

Chemo side effects

My mom is 3 days out after her first chemo session. Her biggest complaint is that she’s so tired and weak and she doesn’t want to anything. How many days post infusion are the worst? She’s taking her nausea meds around the clock to prevent nausea when is the nausea risk low enough to not take them?

6 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

17 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/GammelgardNYE61 10d ago

I would get my treatment on Thursday. Friday night I would start to feel icky. Then didn’t really feel better until later Sunday night/Monday morning. I had so much fatigue and brain fog along with joint pain. I didn’t have much nausea but I did get a medical marijuana card and that helped a lot if I felt a bit nauseous. One of the worst side effects I ended up getting was the nastiest taste in my mouth I could not get rid of. I couldn’t eat anything except something super sweet for at least 3-4 days. I had that the last 2 treatments.

1

u/ImaginaryClue4471 10d ago

Regarding the medical marijuana - did you smoke or use edibles for nausea? Hope you're doing well now

3

u/GammelgardNYE61 10d ago

Doing well now thanks! I would smoke it for the nausea because that would pretty much take it right away. And it was good for appetite stimulation. I would take the edibles to help me sleep. I was given a really strong medication for sleep that I didn’t love taking all the time. So I would supplement with the edibles.

1

u/ImaginaryClue4471 10d ago

Thanks for the quick response. I'm just starting out with my EC diagnosis. I have a lung nodule that's causing concern too so was thinking I'd not be using any flower but hoping edibles would help with nausea, pain and sleeplessness, as long as my oncologist says they're ok. Very happy you're doing well!