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Chemo is unpleasant, but not fatal. it's nothing like the images of our childhoods when it was still in it's early/experimental stages. they have a plethora of anti-nausea drugs and drugs to combat all sorts of side effects. Except the losing your hair. That is often a necessary evil. I am sorry you had thought she would not need it -it's pretty inescapable for stage 3 cancers because that means the cancer has spread outside of the original tumor, so even if they think they got it all with surgery, they can't be certain. It doesn't mean it's worse than they thought. Better chemo now than realizing they missed a bit later. On the plus side, you'll be able to help her shop for scarves etc.