What exactly happens in chemotherapy?

Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to destroy cancer cells. It usually works by keeping the cancer cells from growing, dividing, and making more cells. Because cancer cells usually grow and divide faster than normal cells, chemotherapy has more of an effect on cancer cells.

How does a cancer patient feel after chemotherapy?

Common side effects Chemotherapy can cause fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea, bowel issues such as constipation or diarrhoea, hair loss, mouth sores, skin and nail problems. You may have trouble concentrating or remembering things. There can also be nerve and muscle effects and hearing changes.

How does chemotherapy affect cancer during their stages?

Usually, cancer drugs work by damaging the RNA or DNA that tells the cell how to copy itself in division. If the cancer cells are unable to divide, they die. The faster that cancer cells divide, the more likely it is that chemotherapy will kill the cells, causing the tumor to shrink.

Can cancer grow while on chemo?

Cancer may sometimes come back after cancer drug treatment or radiotherapy. This can happen because the treatment didn’t destroy all the cancer cells. Chemotherapy drugs kill cancer cells by attacking cells that are in the process of doubling to form 2 new cells.

What to expect when starting chemo?

With infusion chemo, you go to the hospital for a few hours of treatment. Then, you may have days of side effects. They depend on the drug or combo of drugs you get. Side effects vary and my include aches and pains, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, and the dreaded hair loss.

How to eat when Chemo kills your appetite?

Fight off nausea. It’s tough to eat when even the thought of food makes you sick.

Eat your favorite foods. Your appetite,and the foods that appeal to you,can change from day to day.

Try small meals.

Make it easy.

Pay attention to protein.

Make mealtimes an event.

Get moving.

Keep an open mind.

What to eat when undergoing chemotherapy?

Whole Grains. Whole grains are more nutritious than refined grains and provide more fiber.

Fruits and Vegetables. The American Cancer Society recommends eating 1.5 to 2 cups of fruit and 2 to 3 cups of vegetables each day during chemotherapy.

Lean Protein Sources.

Fat Considerations.

What happens when you cheat on your diet?

When you have a cheat day and eat foods that your body isn’t used to, your metabolism can go into shock. It doesn’t know what to do with the food you’ve eaten and it can take awhile for it to break those foods down. This can cause stalls on the HCG Diet.