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How do I get mentally prepared for chemotherapy?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: 8 hours ago | Replies (10)
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Great advice. I’ve stayed off google as well. The only searching I have done is on this website. I have learned really quickly that cancer is different for everyone. It’s incredible and such an enormous community. I haven’t found many recommended books. Know any? I’m still learning everything and feel inadequate in the drs offices. I couldn’t find a new version of “breast cancer for dummies.” Lol those are quite informative books ya know?

Thanks for getting back to me. I copied and pasted it to a doc to refer to later. Thanks again!❤️

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katgob | @katgob | Sep 20 9:09pm

breastcancer.org. is the first site i joined and MDS brought me here. you can search on bc.org for books. Susan Love is one author.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | 1 day ago

@missmollyd, you might be interested in this related discussion that @roch started a while back when she was about to start chemotherapy:
- Preparing for Chemotherapy: What are your tips?https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/preparing-for-chemotherapy/

@dave56pa, I love how you and your wife flipped the switch on calling the Red Devil to the Red Warrior. It completely refocuses the purpose of treatment to one of fighting cancer. It sounds like it was a good visual for your wife and helped to give her strength.

@missmollyd, how are you doing as you prepare to start this phase of treatment?

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vng | @vng | 22 hours ago

@missmollyd
For water intake, my husband made some tags with tapes to tape on kitchen cabinet to remind us how many glasses of water he has taken throughout the day. It is good for me to keep track of his water intake this way.
I usually buy avocadoes for his Zofran week . It helps him to have good BM .
I also buy those salad baby greens for him . Instead of serving raw as a salad, I par boil them in chicken broth and that will be his tender veggies as a side dish.
No more constipation problems during his week of Chemo and Zofran .
He has MDS . On his 16th chemo cycle now ...doing well . God is holding him up .

Remember to have good dental hygiene during chemo !

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