Hi Carole,

As others have said "it all depends".

Seriously, my only advice is to talk to your care team about mitigating the side effects. My biggest mistake was to assume that the side effects were inevitable and couldn't be mitigated. I eventually learned that the nausea, diarrhea, constipation (yes, I had these two at the same time!), headaches and cramps could all be mitigated to some degree, eat little and often even if you need to force yourself, exercise (even if that's just moving around the house), avoid anyone with a cold, eat ginger biscuits and keep drinking lots of water! 

Good luck - it will end eventually ;-)

Dave

Hi Carole,

As others have said "it all depends".

Seriously, my only advice is to talk to your care team about mitigating the side effects. My biggest mistake was to assume that the side effects were inevitable and couldn't be mitigated. I eventually learned that the nausea, diarrhea, constipation (yes, I had these two at the same time!), headaches and cramps could all be mitigated to some degree, eat little and often even if you need to force yourself, exercise (even if that's just moving around the house), avoid anyone with a cold, eat ginger biscuits and keep drinking lots of water! 

Good luck - it will end eventually ;-)

Dave