Does anyone else take chemo

I don’t personally take it but my fil took rituxan and felt punk for 2 days afterwards and then would feel good until his next dose. Side effects vary for everyone, just know it will get better, stick it out and keep us updated on how it works for you.

Hi Linda

My sister is on chemo for lung cancer (she doesn’t smoke) that originally was
started as a tumor that exploded on her spleen (removed) that went to her
ovaries (hysterectomy) and ended up in the lungs. She has the new type,
the one where you don’t have hair loss, and she always feel drained after a
4 hour drip…the next day is worse, she’s weak, feels like she has the flu and
is achey all over. I know that these are different chemos, but they burn
your cells either way. Chemo is a chemical poison.

I would say that you are feeling like that because it has that affect. I do
wish you well…my sister, the day after looks really sick from it.

Best wishes…

Miami Girl

I had monthly infusions of cytoxan for 9 months to wipe out my immune system back in 2003. I was premedicated with Zofran so I was never nauseated, but I did lose my hair for about a year & a half total. It did arrest my CIDP; for that I am very grateful. I guess I can’t really answer your question as to if I felt sick, as I had been so sick with my CIDP for most of 2002-2004 that I wouldn’t have noticed. I was a quad in a power chair who slept most of the time anyways. It is almost like I cannot even remember those 3 years; actually I wish I could totally erase them.

But I think you are talking about the chemo drugs that are taken orally, that would be a totally different type of experience.
Pam