When you get chemo, some people get a lot of sores in their mouth and even their esophagus, so they chew on ice; thank God that didn't happen with me.
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Chemotherapy takes its toll; the more you keep doing it, you lose your energy, and it gets more difficult to swallow.
The thing with cancer is that it's usually the chemo rather than the disease itself that makes the patient feel so ill, particularly at the start.
I did grieve a bit when I wasn't having the chemo anymore. I was used to sitting in the little chair and then the nurse would come and do it. It was like that was your job for that long and it was reassuring.
There were times when chemo would eat my body, but I told myself that I have the strength and courage to win and come out stronger.
For a couple of days after chemotherapy, food tastes really bland, even the best foods. I haven't been sick, but have been a little tired. I haven't lost any weight.
I eat a lot of ice - isn't that ridiculous? I chew on ice, and I have maybe two diet sodas a day.
Until I was diagnosed with mouth cancer, I'd never heard of it.
Doctors say there's no such thing as chemo brain, but ask any chemo patient.
I was terrified of getting the chemo. It's not pleasant. And the radiation is not pleasant.
I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.
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