Hey Everyone
I haven't caught up on the thread but I'm wishing good things for everyone.
Nurse, starting at the last page as I normally do, I saw your post, and this might have already been mentioned but lorazepam (Ativan) or zofran are often used. The lorazepam is rx'd for nausea (off label) during Tx and works very well for some people, as does the zofran. Hoping you find something that works for you. Almost everyone I've known of has had great results with MJ for nausea and appetite.
As for odors and tastes, chemo actually alters the receptor cells in the mouth, the cells that tell the brain what odor or flavor is being smelled or tasted. That's why it's so hard to try to successfully mask any type of odor with another type of odor...the one used to mask an odor will more than likely smell terrible, too. Good thing normal taste & smell usually come back over time.
Sometimes butterscotch candies will help a little with the weird taste right after rad tx. (I had 6 weeks of daily radiation + inpatient chemo of drip 5FU + mitomycin c, with complications.)
CoyoteMagic, so sorry about the added ER trip & fallout from it...glad you stayed and your other doc took over. Here's to many more birthdays.
My teen DD just had to go to the ER in another town and they wouldn't give her a chair. I was rushing to the ER (about an hour away) to be with her, but she passed out again after arriving, and it was a sweet guy w/cancer waiting in the ER that saw her turn white and pass out again and he started yelling at them and made them get her a place to wait. I saw him a few hours later and he told me the story. Bless his heart...out of a full ER waiting room he was the only one that cared. Cancer can take a lot from us but not our heart.
Good thoughts and hugs to all
