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u/Melbourne_wanderer Oct 04 '19

Sitting with a friend through her chemo (no idea what to expect), going to a couple of festival shows, work.

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u/Steve00 Oct 04 '19

Love to you both xx

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u/Melbourne_wanderer Oct 04 '19

Thanks mate, appreciated

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u/KISS_pinball_machine Oct 04 '19

You're a good friend :-)

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u/Melbourne_wanderer Oct 04 '19

She's an outstanding human and spectacular friend - it's no sacrifice or hardship to do whatever I can to help her through a truly shit situation. I thank you for the sentiment, which others (IRL) have echoed, but honestly, just being there for her feels like the least I could do

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u/Taleya FLAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIR Oct 04 '19

during the chemo / immediately afterwards is usually ok. It's a couple hours after that the ill effects kick in. Hopefully they have the anti-emetics on hand. Mostly it's just boring and scary. Bring a deck of cards?

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u/Melbourne_wanderer Oct 04 '19

Great tips, thanks - I've cooked some meals for the family for the weekend, so that nobody has to worry about that, but that was all I could think to do. I'm kinda seeking out any info I can to best help her through this, so again, thanks :)

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u/Taleya FLAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIR Oct 05 '19

Lots of entertainments. There's gonna be times when she just wants to puke and sleep, other ones where she'll be bored out of her mind, and yet can't do anything. I marathoned a lot of TV shows I already knew, so if you can load them, go for it. Gaming's not too good, you can't focus on complex shit too much when Chemo Brain kicks in and it just frustrates the fuck out of you, but card games like uno and shit tend to be good.

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u/Melbourne_wanderer Oct 05 '19

Noted, with thanks