Another side effect I haven't seen mentioned yet. My mother developed ovarian cancer. It had metastasized before it was detected, so chemotherapy was the only t

Another side effect I haven't seen mentioned yet. My mother developed ovarian cancer. It had metastasized before it was detected, so chemotherapy was the only treatment option. During the chemotherapy she suffered nausea and vomiting, which is pretty much expected with chemotherapy. The unexpected part was that she suffered nausea and vomiting after all the rounds of chemo were completed. My mother lost a lot of weight. My cousin was a registered nurse and she came to help with my mother's care. One night my mother had a crisis, and we took her to the emergency room. Just by chance the admitting physician had been an oncologist, and she said that sometimes chemotherapy damages the lining of the stomach. The doctor admitted my mother and ordered a nuclear medicine scan. The scan showed that the problem wasn't exactly what the doctor thought it might be, but it was very similar, and if could be treated with oral medications. They started her on the medications, and the very next day she ate a full meal without any vomiting. Unfortunately, when she was transferred from the emergency services department to a regular ward, the changes to her chart didn't make the trip with her. They stopped giving her the new medication and resumed the powerful anti-nausea medicine she had been taking before. With the help of my cousin (the RN) we discovered the mistake a couple of days later, but it was too late. Her body had suffered too much, and she died a few days later.