Hey Petey,
Mom is having chemo 1/wk, 8 total treatments. She was given a large dose of benadryl and something else prior to her first treatment. She was also given anti nausea drugs. On the day of your first treatment they recommend that you take the med as soon as you get home and follow the directions for that day and as needed there after...stay ahead of it!!
Mom gets chemo on Mondays, outpatient, and then her radiation treatment, then the rest of week is just her rads. She has been totally exhausted over the last two weekends.
She asked me to tell you to call if you wan tto talk to her about her experience. She said she would like to give back!
Good luck.


Donna
CG to Mom, dx 4/25/07 with tongue cancer,T3N0,tx began 7/6/07, 31 tx's of IMRT, 8 cycles of Erbitux. Brachytherapy, surgery, left neck dissection and temp trach placed all on 9/17/07, trach removed 10/17/07. ORN of jaw, late effect of radiation symptoms. **lost my beautiful mother on 5/5/11.