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TNNurse

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4. Head coverings are great...need soft and light.
Mon Sep 5, 2022, 03:16 PM
Sep 2022

Make sure she has masks...
Does she like to listen to recorded books??? Discs or a subscription to a service (we do Audible).

When I got chemo, I lost the ability to taste salt, but could taste sweet. I did not want to eat since I had awful diarrhea...painful cramps. One of the things that kept me alive were Frosties from Wendy's. You might suggest that they check if ice cream or milkshakes would help. Of course, others have had the opposite block.

Also, when my white count got really low, I had unbelievable night sweats, the fluid will literally drip off my arms and legs and soak my nightgown and sheets. So you might want to warn your aunt to have pads for the bed and soft gowns. It frightened me because no one warned me, but it is not uncommon.

I will try to think of others.

Just make sure they know to keep her contact with others minimal....no immune system is scary.

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