Water, water and more water!

I also kept a 'log' of my daily food intake to be sure I could keep my weight up--am very thin to start with, and had lost 7lbs before treatment because of jaw tumour restricting mouth opening.

I wrote 'round robin' emails to friends to keep them up to date and keep the phone 'at bay'--an ansaphone is also a good idea--caregivers can then update people as and when they wish, yet people know they can leave a message even on 'bad' days.

The hospital gave me a 'visual imaging/muscle relaxation' CD which I MP3'd and used whilst travelling to and from treatments.

Large boxes Kleenex ultra-balm man-size tissues for both patient and caregivers--use liberally when necessary and you don't risk a sore nose on top of everything else!

Brenda

Brenda in UK--Diagnosis 30/5/07--undifferentiated carcinoma in right jawbone and muscles. Stage 4
6/7/07--new diagnosis primary is in lung. Finished 4cycles of palliative carboplatin/gemcitabine
therapy September 07
Now dying to live!