Chemotherapy, Day by Day: What to Expect After Treatment, From the First Cycle Last

Nobody tells you where the bad days land. They tell you the drugs. They tell you the schedule. Then you go home, and on day four the floor drops out, and you have no idea whether that is normal or whether something has gone wrong. It is day four. It has a place in a pattern. And the pattern repeats. This book is arranged by when, not by what. You do not read it front to back - you find today, and you read today. What is normal now. What to eat now. What to watch for. When to pick up the phone. Inside: - Every day of the cycle, from treatment day to the next one- Why day one lies, and where the crash on day four comes from- The week your blood counts bottom out - and why you may feel fine during it- What accumulates by round three, and what does not- Reading your own blood results, and your protein number worked out- When you feel better: three honest answers- A log page for every day, for four full cycles Every claim traces to a named source - the American Cancer Society, the National Cancer Institute, Cancer Research UK, Macmillan. Where they disagree, you are shown both. Where nobody publishes an answer, you are told that, instead of being handed a number somebody invented. This book reports published guidance and is not medical advice. Where it differs from your care team, your team is right.