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This depends on the chemo dose. Curative chemo doses are worse in the short term. But palliative chemo usually improves quality of life.
by JamesBarney 3y ago
This depends on the chemo dose. Curative chemo doses are worse in the short term. But palliative chemo usually improves quality of life.
- msla 3y agoI mean, it varies. I got curative (or, what was intended to be curative) doses of chemotherapy for my cancer, and I felt a bit worse after the first round (which is often intentionally harsh so the oncologist can dial it in afterwords) but as my cancer burden shrank I began to feel better and better. Getting more use of my left lung, which had been crushed by a mass the chemotherapy shrank, definitely helped. But I didn't get nausea from my first-line chemotherapy, either, which likely means I'm some form of genetic freak anyway.