Chemo recovery

Neil was really anxious to see how the chemo would affect him for the first few days after and he was dreading feeling nauseous. On Friday, before they started him on the ABVD drugs, they gave him a bag (IV) of anti-nausea. He had also taken it in pill form on Thursday and again Friday morning, followed by another on Saturday. He also has a prescription for an anti-nausea medication that he can take whenever he feels the least bit sick to his stomach. Knock on wood...so far he has not had the sickness. They said he would likely feel the worst on the second day after chemo, which was Sunday. He said he felt funny and really tired. The nurse explained to me that he wouldn't be able to explain how it was making him feel--she said it truly is an overall weird feeling that you can't put into words--but not to worry. He was wavering between being anxious (likely from the steroid he is on) and being very tired. I've been trying to let him do what his body wants him to do, so if he falls asleep I leave him for a few hours and just wake him up to eat so he always has something in his stomach. So far, so good. He's been eating normal meals, but he has been getting the weird, sudden aversions to certain things as the nurse said he would. For instance, I gave him some fruit-flavored Pedialyte on Friday and now he can't stand anything with that flavor. He was also really sensitive to smells. I was cleaning yesterday and had to stop mopping the floors because the cleaners were getting to him. He is home today getting a full day of rest. He said he is feeling better, he is just exhausted. He has chemo the first Friday in November, then again the week before Thanksgiving. His schedule for treatments has worked out to where they are the week before Thanksgiving and Christmas, so he can feel better by the time they roll around. Our biggest worry right now is keeping him healthy--eating right, away from sick people and getting enough rest. So it's going to be interesting getting him through the holidays!