I am hoping to hear about other people's experiences of chemotherapy, as I'm curious about how soon you can tell if it is working.

My mum started her first course of chemo around a week and a half ago, and it seems to be having a beneficial effect already. She was diagnosed with secondary cancer and before she started the treatment, she wasn't really getting out of bed much and had little energy so was sleeping a lot. 

Around a week into her palliative chemo, she experienced quite a bit of sickness - but this has now cleared up, and she seems so much better?! 

She is eating much more and has been out of bed to the living room and around the house. 

I don't know if it's just wishful thinking to imagine that the chemo could have started to work this quickly? We were told that it would have around a 50-60% chance of shrinking her tumours.

We will have to wait for her next scan and blood work obviously to see if it has done, but I wondered if others had an idea if chemo was working or not early on?

Thank you!