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| Starting Tomorrow Friday March 4th Nathalie will receive her second chemotherapy treatment |
Tomorrow Friday, Nathalie will start a second round of chemo treatment. She will have to stay at the hospital for as long as six hours per day to receive her treatments. Nathalie has two options. The first one, the chemo will either be given two weeks in a row (1st week with two drugs given over a period of 4 hours, 2nd week with one drug given over a period of 30 to 60 minutes and 3rd week as a break ) or all the doses given in one week and one week off. Nathalie says: " I would rather be on the latter schedule. This means I can be done in 3 months instead of 5."
Nathalie will go through a very difficult time. To better understand all the side effects and what she is going to cope with, I invite you to watch the following animated videos. These vignettes help answer questions you might have about cancer and treatment, and the side effects such a nausea,vomiting, hair loss, loss of friends and the return to a normal life. Intended for a young audience I thought everybody would like to watch it.
Coping With Chemo - Side Effects
Coping With Chemo - When Your Hair Comes Out
