Eating before chemo...

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courtleboo
courtleboo Member Posts: 72
edited June 2015 in Chemotherapy - Before, During, and After

Just curious how many people eat before their chemo treatments and what do you eat?

I have read a few articles about fasting but I am not sure I could do it for as long as it requires to be effective.

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  • justmaximom15
    justmaximom15 Member Posts: 264
    edited June 2015

    I've only had one treatment and I ate a regular breakfast before and regular lunch after and I didn't have any issues getting sick. I never even had to take any of the prescriptions they gave me for nausea.

    My advice is to always talk to your MO about any plans like that.

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  • courtleboo
    courtleboo Member Posts: 72
    edited June 2015

    Thank you justmaximom15. I don't plan on fasting. I guess I was more wondering if people tolerate it better eating before. I plan on eating something, scrambled eggs or oatmeal.

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  • muska
    muska Member Posts: 1,195
    edited June 2015

    I used to eat while I was having chemo. AC infusions take a long time and with blood work to be done and checked by MO before the infusion can be started, by the time it started it was usually lunch time or close to it. So I used to eat lunch during the infusion and it worked fine for me.

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  • justmaximom15
    justmaximom15 Member Posts: 264
    edited June 2015

    My infusion center offers snacks and drinks and I think I had a bag of chips while I was there then unaware that I wouldn't be taking much longer, my DIL went to Panera and got us lunch. By the time she returned they were giving me the "Red Devil" so instead of eating I sucked on my frozen slushie and then a popsicle and had lunch at home.

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  • slv58
    slv58 Member Posts: 1,216
    edited June 2015

    I go for bloodwork first, then they want me eating lunch prior to chemo. I thought about fasting but feared it may affect my blood levels and prevent me from getting chemo on schedule.

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  • courtleboo
    courtleboo Member Posts: 72
    edited June 2015

    Thank you for all your input ladies.

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