Is chemotherapy hard to go thru?

Answer 1

Chemotherapy literally means chemical therapy. The doctors give you a bunch of drugs meant to target the cancer cells. The problem with cancer cells is that they don't die and they keep reproducing. This is what creates a tumor the reproduction and accumilation of the cells. These cells are bad for many reasons one of them is because they start spewing things that your body doesn't need.

Anyways because the doctors want to kill those cells they give you drugs that kill cells, often resulting in the killing of other healthy cells along with those bad cells.

Yes, chemotherapy is most often, VERY HARD to go through. The healthy cells that are killed are cells that you needed in your body. You start throwing up, you get very weak...The consequences of the medicine depend on the type of cancer you have, on the chemotherapy you are under, and on your body (everybody reacts different). A lot of times, after a long time under the therapy you start also to loose your hair.

Answer 2

My hair started falling out about 5 weeks after I started chemo, even eyelashes and eyebrows. (leg hair didn't fall out but it stopped growing so once I shaved my legs I didn't have to do it for about 8 months)

I wear makeup but with very thin eyebrows I thought I looked sicker than I wanted to admit so I used an eyebrow pencil. I was able to continue work during my first two cycles of chemo, but my stomach wasn't very happy. When it got too hard to finish a day at work I decided it was time to stay home and watch TV and take lots of naps. I got chemo every two weeks and about 2 or 3 days before my next treatment I started feeling a bit better then I got to start all over again.

You will get medicine to help the nausea and other side effects. You might also have to get shots of a drug call Neupagin (don't know if I spelled it right) or a similar medication to help your body build white blood cells faster to fight off possible infection

I wore scarves and hats to work when my hair came out (I shaved my head). Someone even gave me Mickey's hat from the Sorcerer's Apprentice in hopes that it would bring me good luck. The ears on it light up. I even let my co workers see me bald. We were able to make light of a bad situation.

The biggest thing that helped me get through everything was remembering that I wasn't the only one who had cancer. I told everyone I know and they all prayed for me, Just like I will pray for you Abbey

Answer 3

All I know is that I have watched both my parents go through their treatments and yes it was very hard on them both, Mother breast cancer and Father pancreactic cancer. They were tired and very uncomfortable. My mom and dad both said it was very hard and if they had to do it over they would not of ever done it.