Hi everyone!
Freddie:
My boy used to argue with the Doctors when he was on chemo. He would say, "but how can this make me better when it only makes me sick?"
Difficult concept for kids.
Freddie, chemo effects people different. My mother only sometimes felt nauseous but never once vomitted, even tho on aggressive treatment. My Aunt vomitted all the time and her chemo was not as strong., as did my son. Some get mouth ulcers even tho they had no oral chemo. Not everyone loses their hair.
Big thing he has to watch is not catching infections as he is wide open to that, but I am sure his treating team told him. Avoiding being in crowds like shopping centres is best, all it can take is someone to cough or sneeze over him and he can end up very sick in hospital. Carting around gel hand sanitiser is the trick when having to go out in public as it is hard to get used to not touching handrails, sides of escalators and such, then touching the face. ...and not wash hands in public toilets, use the gel instead.
