The Side Effects No One Talks About

I am going through a lot right now, with side effects. The things I am experiencing are common but no one talks about them. So, I am going to talk about them.
Spoiler alert: it may be a bit graphic!

Let’s start off with the most distressing side effect at the moment. My mouth - it is coated in a white-ish, yellow covering. There are tiny sores all over under the back, underside of my tongue. Swallowing, talking, even breathing is a chore. It is so incredibly painful. The doctor prescribed a magic mouthwash but I two pharmacies I went to couldn’t fill it. I will try again later. In the meantime they said gargle with Children’s Benadryl. It doesn’t seem to help much.

Next issue: The nether regions of my body
They tell you after your first treatment, to flush the toilet twice after using the bathroom. It is recommended, that you wipe off the toilet seat each time, because the urine is as toxic as the chemo drugs.
So I had pneumonia, which is now a upper respiratory infection. This involves a lot of coughing at the moment. If you are a mom you understand what this means. A lot of coughing = a great deal of peeing your pants. So you put a pad on and change as necessary. The only problem with this? Do you remember a few minutes ago when I told you how toxic the urine was? Now imagine that toxic urine being held up against your very sensitive lady parts for even a couple minutes. It is very painful. Red and inflamed doesn’t seem to depict how painful it is. But there is more! Before the hair on my head started falling out, all of the hair follicles hurt, stung actually. It was painful, and so it is the same in my lady parts! I have been burned, and all of the hair follicles are extremely painful. Walking normally is an exercise in tolerance! It is the type of pain that makes you sick to your stomach.

When you go poo, it is the same thing, the powerful chemicals burn as they come out....it is not very comfortable at all.

So far the hair on my legs has not fallen out. I have not shaved my legs and I really don’t care that they are hairy. I don’t have the energy to deal with it right now. Let people judge me if they want. I don’t care.
 That is all for now my mouth hurts so badly that it is hard to think!