Good morning Yep, the nausea and fatigue are very common side effects. The nurses put us on to lemon barley cordial to help with the nausea (for some reason the traditional remedies like ginger etc were no help at all). Drinking weak lemon barley cordial instead of plain water seemed to help. My rellie fought against the symptoms during her treatment as she didn't want to 'give in' to it. But several nurses gave her the advice that the fatigue was going to happen whether she liked it or not, so to get the most out of life, concentrate on conserving energy for things she really wanted to do (eg walking the dog while she was able to) and get rellies/friends to use their energy on the day to day stuff (like cleaning, picking up meds from chemist etc). That approach seemed to help her. Unfortunately her treatment was only palliative and the bastard disease has finally overwhelmed her. She is battling nausea now from the high levels of pain meds she's on and the fatigue is enormous too from the pain meds. She also suffers from dry mouth which she was told is another common side effect and another cancer patient put her on to Biotene products, which are available at the chemist. At hospital they are using a balm called Oralife, haven't seen it at the chemist so not sure if would have to order thru Pharmacy Direct or if it's not available commercially (???) That is a bloody marvellous product. anyway, starting to ramble on again... that's what happens I guess after little sleep, not helped by inconsiderate neighbours on BOTH sides partying and yahooing until the wee hours of the morning. They obviously don't have to work over the festive season. Take care all Zoe
