Welcome sclark3, so very sorry you are suffering debilitating side effects from chemo. Do you know what chemo drugs you received, is it "AC" or perhaps Cytoxin and Taxotere? Regardless, your doctor can switch your anti-nausea meds until you find the one that works for you. Almost always they can find a combination that gives you reasonable quality of life. Are you just terribly nauseous or are you actually vomiting? You should NOT be actually throwing up! Usually you will be doing a combo of a 2-4 drugs. Example: my first time I took Compazine and Zofran. It worked reasonably well, on really bad days they had be add steroid pills and Ativan, which help the drugs work better. The second time I had a terrible time with my chemo, Carboplatin. Zofran did nothing so I tried Emend with Ativan and it worked better (no more throwing up). On the advice of a friend I tried cannabis (hadnt done that since highschool!) It turned out to be a tremendous help. Not legal here, but friends got it for me from california, colorado and vegas. And....somewhere local. Another friend found the drug Kytril banished her chemo nausea, it can be administered via a skin patch if you are vomiting. Zofran is available in a suppository as well. All of these chemo anti-nauseas work in a medically different way, and every person is different so its a trial and error situation. Be patient but INSIST your doctor listen to you and prescribe different drugs until your find a combo that works!!!! Chemo is so important, as is your quality of life, so dont suffer in silence! I just remembered that I went in to the cancer center for an IV bag of.....vitamins and nausea drugs and "things" a few days after chemo the last couple of treatments, to keep me ok enough to make it to the end on schedule. Theres just ALWAYS something else to try!
Also talk to them about the headaches. Again, there's a variety of drugs to treat it - migraine preventatives, opiods, etc., to ease the pain. Ask your doctor if she has samples to get you started on new drugs, especially if your pharmacy has to order the meds she prescribes (my pharmacy had to order Emend every week! My insurance would only pay for it one week at a time....annoying!)
Stay in touch with us here, I'll be thinking of you. Kelly