Hi  Sallyk  Sorry to hear you are having such a bad time with your chemo.  I think that everyones experience seems to be different and also depends what chemo you are having.  I was never sick and did not need the sickness pills but I did have severe pains in my joints especially in my legs.  This would start about two days after my treatment and last for about four days building in intensity.   The pains were so bad after the first session that the doctor reduced the dose before my second.

I was tired and food tasted metalic, milk, tea and coffee tasted awful for a couple of weeks. I had my treatment every three weeks. 

I kept a diary of how I felt every day so that I could see a pattern emerging I knew to stop any spicy food coffee and alcohol about five days before treatment and for at least a week after until my pains went. When I went to see the doctor the day before my treatment I had this sheet with me of how I had been, really helped as you do forget things. 

They told me to drink plenty of water even during the chemo and especially for several days after (about 2 litres on top of other drinks) I used to make up a drink of 50% cranberry juice and 50% water which seemed to help.

Just to show how different we all are I had a reaction to one of the premeds sent me dizzy so they had to give it me more dilute and slower also I could not cope with the steroids that I had for two days so they had to reduce that dose.

Have a chat with the medical team they should be able to give you advice.

Hi  Sallyk  Sorry to hear you are having such a bad time with your chemo.  I think that everyones experience seems to be different and also depends what chemo you are having.  I was never sick and did not need the sickness pills but I did have severe pains in my joints especially in my legs.  This would start about two days after my treatment and last for about four days building in intensity.   The pains were so bad after the first session that the doctor reduced the dose before my second.

I was tired and food tasted metalic, milk, tea and coffee tasted awful for a couple of weeks. I had my treatment every three weeks. 

I kept a diary of how I felt every day so that I could see a pattern emerging I knew to stop any spicy food coffee and alcohol about five days before treatment and for at least a week after until my pains went. When I went to see the doctor the day before my treatment I had this sheet with me of how I had been, really helped as you do forget things. 

They told me to drink plenty of water even during the chemo and especially for several days after (about 2 litres on top of other drinks) I used to make up a drink of 50% cranberry juice and 50% water which seemed to help.

Just to show how different we all are I had a reaction to one of the premeds sent me dizzy so they had to give it me more dilute and slower also I could not cope with the steroids that I had for two days so they had to reduce that dose.

Have a chat with the medical team they should be able to give you advice.

Thanks for your reply.  It's interesting you mentioned pain as I had terrible pain across my back and down my arms after the first session, but not after the second.  I've spoken with my doctor about how I felt but to be honest he's not the best and despite saying he'd prescribe different anti sickness he forgot!  Not great when your life is in their hands!