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Helping Yourself During Chemotherapy
    Updated: 10/22/2001



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Tell your doctor if you get any side effects from treatment

Tell the doctor if you have any of these problems:

  • Nosebleeds
  • Feeling tired
  • Constipation
  • Sores in your mouth or throat
  • Coughing a lot
  • Feeling tingling in your fingers and toes
  • Ringing in your ears
  • Red dots under your skin

  • Black and blue marks
  • Feeling sick to your stomach or throwing up
  • Loose or runny bowel movements
  • A fever of 101 degrees of higher

  • Losing your hair
  • Losing or gaining 10 pounds or more

Questions? Ask your doctor or nurse.

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