Recently diagnosed at 28 years old

I am so sorry about your diagnosis. I am not young, but currently in treatment on the Folfox regimen. This treatment is rigorous. My experience has been that I have 5-6 days after treatment with some nausea (fairly easily reduced with anti-nausea meds). The biggest effect I have is extreme fatigue, so I sleep many hours during those days. I get up to eat, walk my dogs, and speak with friends/family on the phone. I then have about a week of feeling pretty good until the next treatment. Which I dread, as much as I try to maintain positivity. Light exercise lifts my spirits, and helps me to sleep deeply through the worst of it.

Use plastic utensils. That helps some. Drink as much water as you can. Ask your oncologist to refer you to counseling. I see a practice that is staffed with Licensed Independent Social Workers, and while they can't really solve my problems, it is good to talk to someone outside my social circle, and helps me to spend time with loved ones with less talk about my cancer and side effects. It helps to just enjoy their company! I also listen to an American Buddhist, Tara Brach who has some really lovely Youtube videos on acceptance.

I hope that at your stage of cancer that there is reason to believe that you can beat this. You will learn a lot about your strengths. None of us want lessons delivered in this stark way, but trust that you are strong enough to move through this. This is a good place to connect with people who are in your shoes. Sending you healing thoughts.

Chris

As a preliminary matter, one might guess that your chances for a long and healthy life are good. Chemo is hell, but in your circumstances, temporary. For me, exercise helped enormously. Post-surgery, I was only able to walk, but I did it like a job, every day, for a long distance. One of my sayings is "exercise helps with everything." Marking-off days on the calendar helped, as well as keeping a journal. Meditation helped me as well. Best of luck with your challenges.

Chemo kills cancer cells and healthy cells. Boost your immune system to keep healthy cells healthy.

I took IVC and phenols/flavanoids. I had no hair loss.

Also use organic shampoo/conditioner.

I went to a private doctor for IVC after tons of research on it thru orthomolecular.org many decades of reaearch and studies plus other peoples experiences here on this site and colon talk forum. I have a naturopath that helps me with immune system based on research for half of my protocol and bloodwork at the molecular level for other cancer pathway blocking. I also have an intergrative onc who is an out of the box oncologist based on the latest research about colon cancer from around the world. I do not have a conventual oncologist. I fired him :)

Oncologist from what I hear are predictable in discouraging anthing but chemo. Not even recognizing how important vitamin D is the thousands of healthy cells.

As for shampoo I make my own with Castilles unscented liquid soap as the base and add things like tea tree oil, castor oil, ect based on what I feel my hair and scalp need at that time. For conditioner it is usually apple cider vinegar as the base with vitamin E and things and just like the shampoo the recipe varies depending on what my hair does, ha.