How long the chemo takes will largely depend on the dose and the drugs involved. Some are just tablets, it's the drips that can last a while. Mine was 4 drugs and took about 2 - 3 hours on average. There's a lot of sitting around and waiting though, it can get very boring!
I read an awful lot of books, I ended up buying myself a DS, which I got a lot of use out of. The audio books are a good idea too, as the chemo can really take it out of you, making concentrating on reading hard.
from what i can gather he's going to have a shunt put in his neck/ collarbone area. he's already freaked out about radioactive wee from the scans poor mite.
he got a ds for christmas but was getting tired pretty quick, although even normally he has the same stupidly short attention span his mother had when she was a kid!
glad we're on the right track with the audiobooks - turns out him and his little bro are closet dr who fans and there's a load of audiobooks for that :)
Ahhhhhhh, they're putting in a port, makes sense, it'll make the chemo easier to administer, and it'll mean it'll be a lot less unpleasant (because the port goes into a large vein, it negates the problems of the chemo burning up the veins on your hands/arms, somethng I had problems with). It's a really quick process to have it put in and it's normally done under sedation sohe won't feel a thing!
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Good idea on the Who audio books, there are indeed an awful lot of those out there!
I read an awful lot of books, I ended up buying myself a DS, which I got a lot of use out of. The audio books are a good idea too, as the chemo can really take it out of you, making concentrating on reading hard.
I hope it all goes ok for him!
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he got a ds for christmas but was getting tired pretty quick, although even normally he has the same stupidly short attention span his mother had when she was a kid!
glad we're on the right track with the audiobooks - turns out him and his little bro are closet dr who fans and there's a load of audiobooks for that :)
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Good idea on the Who audio books, there are indeed an awful lot of those out there!
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