Nausea and gagging after chemo
Hi all,
I'm looking for advice on any foods or drinks that might tempt someone with nausea. My mum has just started chemo for her 4th bout of cancer, she's had chemo in the past but this time she's very nauseous and still cannot keep food or drink down 3 days post treatment.
She did end up back in hospital on a drip yesterday and has spoken to specialist and they were OK with her going home again and trying to increase intake there.
Unfortunately the cancer is not curable this time, so she's scheduled to have chemo every two weeks for as long as she can cope with it. I think having no set number will be increasing her worries about coping with the side effects.
Hoping we can find a combo of anti nausea tablets that will work, they've tried her on 3 different ones so far. The biggest worry is obviously dehydration but at least she had a few hours on a drip to help with that yesterday.
I wondered if anyone can recommend any little tidbits which could be palatable to her.
I've also seen mention of fasting to help with nausea, has anyone had success with that?