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    Help – nausea with cisplatin

    Posted by Jack R on December 14, 2017 at 11:45 pm

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    Round one of chemo for kidney cancer completed (maintenance BCG for bladder continuing).

    Looking for over the counter suggestions for nausea with Cisplaten before round 2 begins. The side effects of the clinic’s standard nausea cocktail were ineffective for me. I have been given LONG list of OTC meds to “try”. Hoping to hear of some that have worked well for others. I’d rather not buy a package of every nausea drug on the shelf and start from scratch. What has worked for you ?

    Thanks in advance. Hope your journey is on track.

    Best
    Jack

    6/2015 HG Papillary & CIS
    3 Years and 30 BCG/BCG+Inf
    Tis CIS comes back.
    BC clear as of 5/17 !
    RCC found in my one & only kidney 10/17
    Begin Chemo; Cisplatin and Gemzar
    8/18 begin Chemo# 3
    Begin year 4 with cis
    2/19 Chemo #4
    9/19 NED again :)
    1/2020 CIS is back
    Tried Keytruda, stopped by side effects
    Workin on a new plan for 2021
    cynthia replied 6 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • cynthia

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    December 15, 2017 at 12:18 am

    Hi Jack,

    Nausea is a witch isn’t it? I have had quite a bit of chemo myself Cispatin being one of them. Number one is that I found that starting any nausea meds HAD to be taken prior to the nausea starting. I would premeditate and that helped a lot. But if I waited until symptoms started it did not help. Another thing to remember is not to let your stomach get empty. I always kept packets of saltines with me just in case, for some reason a empty stomach is asking for trouble. Another thing that helps and I know this upsets some people is medical cannabis. If you are some place it is legal and you don’t have a problem with it it can be a heaven sent for some people it was for me. You do not have to smoke it as it may be available as a tenure or edible at the dispensary. I was very unsure of it but it was a miracle for me.

    I hope this helps, maybe someone else will chime in with other suggestions.

    Cynthia Kinsella
    T2 g3 CIS 8/04
    Clinical Trial
    Chemotherapy & Radiation 10/04-12/04
    Chemotherapy 3/05-5/05
    BCG 9/05-1-06
    RC w/umbilical Indiana pouch 5/06
    Left Nephrectomy 1/09
    President American Bladder Cancer Society

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