Hello Bob,

I don't have easy answers but it seems to me that if the nausea if
problematic, your doctor should be prescribing something for it. I have
seen "chemobrain" mentioned on this newsgroup and on the breast cancer
newsgroup.

Jerry wrote the FAQ and it mentions that chemo can alter the sense of
smell and also that some odors can trigger nausea.  Those same senses are,
to some degree, controlled in the brain, where you've had radiation
therapy.
There's a certain amount of fatigue related to chemo and/or radiation and
I imagine it takes some time to recover from such. And I do believe some
recent posts by brain tumour patients have mentioned weakness, so it's a
matter of degrees of severity and what you (and/or the doctors) can do to
help the situation.

Perhaps someone with you can read through some of these tips, make lists
and see if anything there would help with the nausea?
http://www.cancersupporters.com/asc/part2.html

http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/chemotherapy-and-you/page4

http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/coping/

Do talk to your doctor about the nausea and weakness.
Perhaps Mike would have something to suggest, so watch for other posts.
J

When you have cancer there is a strong tendency to ascribe every symptom you
get to it...naturally enough. You are, however, also going to get all of the
other minor ailments and things that the rest of us get including colds,
flu, gastric upsets etc. and you may be , as J says, more sensitive to all
of them.
 You are right to be concerned but if the oncologist is fairly sure there
is no immediate cause for concern I would take that at face value and tough
it out for a while...take your anti-emetics and rest more.
Don't forget that the cancer cells are going to be dying from the
radiotherapy for some weeks or months and the breakdown toxins from these
may cause upsets from time to time....I would say don't worry but that isn't
going to happen is it?
Keep on truckin'
MIKE

Please excuse my ignorance, Bob, but what is "chemo brain?"

-Kevin