My husband is receiving palliative chemo. How long should it take before it starts to ease symptoms ie help with swallowing etc. He is on his first cycle of 3.
As always the answer is a vague "it depends". I had no visible signs of improvement until my post chemo CT scan because the chemo side effects were masking the improvements. At the time that felt depressing but the more the side effects faded, the better I felt.
The oncologist reminded me that it was a marathon, not a sprint. At the time I thought this was annoyingly patronising, but it turned out he was right.
As always the answer is a vague "it depends". I had no visible signs of improvement until my post chemo CT scan because the chemo side effects were masking the improvements. At the time that felt depressing but the more the side effects faded, the better I felt.
The oncologist reminded me that it was a marathon, not a sprint. At the time I thought this was annoyingly patronising, but it turned out he was right.
