Your Personal Favorite Side Effect Tricks and Tips

[debnevada]

Since we have some newbies (in week 16 I consider myself now a "near-newbie"....how about posting your tricks for side effects?

Itching
This one is gross. I don't shower as often but use baby wipes on the naughty bits all the time. LOTS less itching.

Band-Aid anti itch gel spray for those intense spot itches...not good for big areas but Gold Brand Green bottle red top works nice.

Nausea:
Found this candy called Gin-Gins....described as a helpful candy for chemo. Works pretty good. Also ginger tea but it tastes like ****. They have a drink called Ginger Soother. Peppermint mints help too.
www.gingerpeople.com

i have more but ring in please,all...

Deb

[meki]

Oooh - I'll hit this one up in a little bit!

[pigeonca]

Your shopping list serves as a great idea-bank for gifts.  I never know what guys want for their b'days, etc., and now I have this list to consult.  Have fun with your toys.

BTW, my brother is hooked on antique neckties from e-bay.  Nobody wears ties much anymore, so there's some really cool ones available.  He recently bought one with a Frank Lloyd Wright design (I hope the quack's not related to the architect).

[Forseegood]

Are you I-horn or James Bond? sheeesh! you forgot to tell us about the skin mags:) Oh and the Mens Science stuff is nice, but they put the same stuff in as female products, just marketing schemes...but you have taste - that's for sure! Those Braun things are good!

[painterlady13]

I wasn't able to use the Gold Bond Red as it has menthol in it and it just made my rash worse.  But I started using Aveno lotion with oatmeal for dry itchy skin.  Then about halfway thru treatment I found goatsmilk soap in various scents (for a while there I felt like I had leather for skin, it was sooo rough) and it took away the dry skin. I found a lady nearby that makes it but you might be able to find something like that at a natural food store or on the internet.  

Also I found the hair salon at WalMart carries a shampoo and conditioner called NIOXIN for thinning hair (suggested for cancer patients)  and while it is expensive it is worth it,  I still lost hair but probably not s much s if I had not used it.  And I use a pick to "comb my hair" as I lose less hair that way.

For dry mouth I used Biotene mouthwash and toothpaste and when I got sores on the inside of my mouth the last 6 weeks of TX I found KANKA softgel brush. It is made just for that it doesn't taste bad and it has a numbing agent that allowed me to be able to eat.  even fruit hurt at the time.  I think the KANKA was the best. But then I was desperate

[debnevada]

i did NOT mean my naughty bits itched.  

I meant that showering less and using baby wipes kept my ENTIRE SELF from itching as much.

Now i have grossed myself out.  and everyone else.....

Great ones, ya'll

Note to I-Horn:
I need some stuff........shall i send you some links?
Butttt......the stuff you bought sounds very suaaavvve

[Myown]

Baby wipes???? I'm finished tx, but NOW I feel itchy after reading that.