Re: Re: Fran's Update(Enhanced Recovery Programme)

[Guest guest]

You got THAT right!!!!

NOw, after the last tretment next week, will have to work on UN-conditioning

all of the responses associated with the chemo...the nausea that is

triggered just by THINKING about certain people, places and things...

Marty

On 10/26/2005 3:19:08 PM, colon_cancer_support wrote:

> hehe....just like Pavlov's dogs, huh, Marty?

>

> Marty and Ellen Grogin wrote:Even just the mention

> of a suppository stimulates the required " anal

> activity " in this guy!!!

>

> Marty

>

>

> On 10/25/2005 10:39:31 PM, colon_cancer_support wrote:

> > Jolene, I see your sense of humor has stayed with you. We go through

> > to many degrading things because of this.

> > In the hospital to help me start having bowel movements they gave

> > me supostitories. Just hated watching the nurse come in holding it

> > with her rubber glove. I wanted to do it myself. But no had to show

> > her my butt. Not to mention they gave this to me at nine at night.

> > Guess they did not want me to sleep the night away. Of course who can

[Guest guest]

I'm afraid it will take much more than 6 weeks.

My best friend is a psychologist who did his doctorate on just that

phenomenon...the conditioned physical response of nausea to the various

sights, sounds, smells and thoughts connected to chemo...

It's a very real and scientifically recognized phenomenon..

Now, he tells me about research showing a very high incidence of

post-traumatic-stress-syndrome (shell-shock!) after chemo..both the to the

treat-ies AND their caregivers...in the case of the research, the parents of

kids undergoing chemo...

Food for thought (and MORE nausea...)

Marty

On 10/26/2005 6:37:26 PM, colon_cancer_support wrote:

> when you get " un-conditioned " , please share with us how you did it......

> even during the 6 wk break I had, I

> couldn't get that smell and taste out of my head! hugs and prayers ~~

> donna

>

> Marty and Ellen Grogin wrote:You got THAT

> right!!!!

>

> NOw, after the last tretment next week, will have to work on

> UN-conditioning

> all of the responses associated with the chemo...the nausea that is

> triggered just by THINKING about certain people, places and things...

>

> Marty

>

>

> On 10/26/2005 3:19:08 PM, colon_cancer_support wrote:

> > hehe....just like Pavlov's

> dogs, huh, Marty?

> >

> > Marty and Ellen Grogin wrote:Even just the mention

> > of a suppository stimulates the required " anal