Adriamycin is rough! Steroids can help. Have you talked with your endocrinologist? Maybe a partial dose of steroids?
What are your side effects? My 2 biggest were fatigue and nausea. Your team may have some suggestions. Extra IV fluids can help with nausea and fatigue. Activity helped with fatigue, I walked daily. Zofran helped me greatly with nausea, but so can Compazine or Kytril. Olanzapine at bedtime can help with nausea too. If you are getting mouth sores, sucking on ice as the medication is infusing can help.
Wishing you well!

Hi Kayla. The AI answer you received has good information. I'm not diabetic, but I did have issues with the steroids both times I had chemo. I had my chemo sessions once every 3 weeks and one of the chemos I've taken was the red devil one. The steroids are important because they reduce your risk of allergic reactions to the chemo and are supposed to help with nausea and inflamation too. They had me take 2 big doses of steroids 6 and 12 hours before chemo, gave me more steroids through my chemo port shortly before they gave me the chemo treatment, and then had me take steroids for 4 days after each round of chemo. The steroids made me amped up and full of energy, but I could barely get any sleep on the days I had to take them. I tried to take advantage of the extra energy and get stuff done around the house, but they made my concentration pretty bad so I'd bounce around from one task to another without always finishing what I started. They also made me retain water and get really bloated. On day 5 post chemo when I finally didn't have to take steroids I would crash really hard and sleep a lot for a couple of days. Then I'd go through a period of about 10 days where I felt crappy in general. It was progressive and got worse with each round of chemo. I personally found that the more I got up and moved around the better I would feel, but I did need to pace myself and take lots of breaks and rest after about 10-20 minutes of activity. It also helps to drink a lot of liquids and try to eat a healthy diet. Most food either tastes gross or tastes like nothing which can make it hard to eat. For me it was easiest to eat comfort foods that I normally like. Even though I could barely taste them it was helpful because I knew what they should taste like which made it easier to choke them down. Sweets were also easier to eat. I would usually perk up and start feeling more normal about 5-6 days before I was due for my next round of chemo. Just try to take it easy on yourself and listen to your body and what it needs. Good luck to you, it will be over soon ❤️

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