|  | Treatment for blood cancers usually causes some side effects. Each individual reacts differently to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, so a person receiving treatment may experience all, or none of the following side effects.
Common short-term side effects include:
 | Nausea and/or vomiting |
| Diarrhoea |
| Hair loss |
| Depression |
Most side effects can be counteracted. You should discuss any side effects you experience with your care team; remember they are there to help. It can be useful to keep a diary of side effects to help your care team decide what is causing them. |
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| | "I always joked to my doctor that I was sure she had mixed up the blood test results and in fact they were someone else’s, as I never once got sick or was in pain"
"At first chemotherapy made me really sick but my anti-emetics [anti-sickness drugs] worked wonders"
"I got so fed up of taking pills to counteract the side effects of other pills that counteracted the effect of yet more pills"
For information and advice for teenagers about how to cope with some of the side effects and the psycological impact of having cancer visit 2bMe
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