How my 1st chemo went, and what I learned! Note: I fasted for 5 days with chemo in the middle. I have heard that is about the best thing you can do to protect your normal cells from the both the short term and long term negative effects of chemotherapy, so I wanted to try it, since there are no long term side effects of fasting! After 4 treatments of chemotherapy, I am done, and feel that fasting really did help protect my body. I do not seem to have neuropathy, I did not lose my hair, and I never even got very sick during the treatments.
