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6 weeks in to 24 weeks of chemo

Di57 — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 01:01:49 GMT

So I am into the 6th week of chemo

And boy the side effects.

Dry mouth, my skin on my hands and around my eye lids. My lack of taste of food. Fatigue. I have chemo every Tuesday. For the first 3 weeks I was great. Feeling good. Ne temps. The last 3 weeks I have had temp spikes as high as 39. I ended up at emergency on to Tuesdays. Blood works fine and nothing. They have grown no bugs and my bloods come back perfect. This Tuesday I rode the temp out with panadol and nurofen. It knocks me out for the rest of the day cause it all starts ad soon as chemo is finished. The last 2 when I went to emergency my temp didn't start till evening. I have my oncologist stumped as to any this is happening.

Any suggestions on some good safe creams for skin rashes and dry mouth

Hope everyone is doing well

Stay safe and strong

Re: 6 weeks in to 24 weeks of chemo

joseph_CCNSW — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 05:08:09 GMT

Hello Di57. Thank you for posting here. I can hear you are struggling with side effects from your chemo therapy and the online forum can be a wonderful space to find support from others who connect with your experience and share their own stories. You may also find it helpful to search Cancer Council's website or to call our 13 11 20 team for information about the range of services available to support you. Kind regards ... Joseph_CCNSW

Re: 6 weeks in to 24 weeks of chemo

Richard1 — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 20:38:11 GMT

I use this cream called scholl heel balm. My hands and feet were red raw, cracked and almost bleeding. Used this cream throughout my chemo and still do today, works great. Non alcoholic mouth wash twice a day and eczema cream for rashes.