Hi my uncle is currently having chemotherapy to treat his cancer, started off as bowel but has now spread to lymph nodes, liver and spine.
He is attached to a chemo drip once every three weeks, and then takes chemo tablets inbetween.
However the last couple of times he has been on the drip he has had a nasty reaction, throat tightening, struggling to breathe, severe pins and needles and feeling very twitchy. I was there with him yesterday and it was pretty scary for me so cant imagine how my uncle felt!
The nurses and doctors acted pretty quickly, stopping the chemo and giving him a drug to counteract the reaction.
Has anybody else experienced a reaction like this? My uncle has said he wants to stop having his treatment if he reacts like this everytime because its not worth it
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Life-limiting illness
reaction during chemo
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FizzyWine · 02/03/2013 09:01
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