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Chemo Side Affects

So everyone knows about the nausea, the fatigue, hair loss… some other fun Chemo side affects I have encountered:

Dry Mouth

• this is fun… no matter how much water I drink my mouth is dry. Biotene mouth wash and toothpaste helps and during the day is fine but I generally wake up with a very dry mouth. I don’t have mouth sores (knock on wood) so I won’t complain

Extreme Dry Eye

• This seems to get worse each time. The first time it happened my eyes were twitching and I had to pour almost a whole bottle of gel drops in my eyes to make it stop. This time it was so bad my left eye was swollen shut. I had to use ointment to hydrate it.
• Also I find the days when I have Chemo and the week after my eye sight is off it’s usual vision. Like I can’t see out of my computer glasses well and sometimes even my regular glasses.

Acid Reflux

• the fuck… this is horrible… return to sender. No stars. Do not recommend. Fuck this awful shit.

Chemo Brain

• this is real. Similar to “mommy brain/pregnancy brain”. Focusing is hard especially on chemo weekends. Like I really want to answer your text or chat and it’s in my head, I just can’t get it out. I can’t even really watch tv, the ability to focus is kind of lost. And I forget stuff or say the same thing twice… it’s legit.

Chemo Bruising

• so I have not had this so much anywhere but my eyes. I’m told you can’t see it until I point it out, so that’s good. But I have dark circles around my eyes. See photo.