Hi Leesaraccoon,

A very warm welcome to our forum,

I am sorry to hear about your mother's diagnosis. It is difficult to say how much chemo will take out of her, as it varies from one person to the next. The worst time for most people seems to be a few days after treatment. She is likely to feel very tired and may feel nauseous, although the sickness can be helped by medication. She may also go off certain foods. The best advice you can get is from her chemo nurses, as they have all of her medical details to hand. 

I do hope that she will cope well with her treatment and that she can manage to stay at home throughout.

Please keep in touch and let us know how she gets on. We are always here for both of you.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx

Hi Leesaraccoon,

A very warm welcome to our forum,

I am sorry to hear about your mother's diagnosis. It is difficult to say how much chemo will take out of her, as it varies from one person to the next. The worst time for most people seems to be a few days after treatment. She is likely to feel very tired and may feel nauseous, although the sickness can be helped by medication. She may also go off certain foods. The best advice you can get is from her chemo nurses, as they have all of her medical details to hand. 

I do hope that she will cope well with her treatment and that she can manage to stay at home throughout.

Please keep in touch and let us know how she gets on. We are always here for both of you.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx

Jolamine, 

Thank you for your kind words. Her first treatment is on 4th July. I've said that we will all be governed by her and what she wants at all times. I know she doesn't want to be a burden (she could never ever be that) but I  have offered that she comes to stay with us if it gets too much. Obviously I've googled oh so much about treatment but it never gives you the personal feelings of the patient. She may just want to be on her own sometimes I don't know. 

As I say, she's old school, don't let people know how you truly feel. 

Once again thank you for your reply xx 

Hi Leesaraccoon,

Google can give a skewed account of any medical condition or treatment. The ones who sail through chemo don't usually write about it, so it's the more spectacular cases that get more attention. It is good that she wants to remain independent, but also good that she knows that she can fall back on your offer, if she needs to.

It's not long now until her treatment starts and I hope that it goes as well as possible for her.

Please keep in touch and let us know how she gets on and remember that we are always here for both of you.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx