Table 2.

Qualitative Reports of Specific Symptoms

Symptom	Reports
Dermatologic (Persson et al., 2001)	[I] got blisters on my hands and feet, which were very painful, and I couldn’t function like before.
Diarrhea (Persson & Hallberg, 1995)	It was so bad it just ran out of me. I didn’t dare fall asleep as I would have lost control over my bowels.
Dyspnea (Persson et al., 2004)	I found it hard to breath … coughed and coughed … it wheezed and rattled.
Fatigue (Persson & Hallberg, 1995; 2004)	I got tireder and tireder and finally couldn’t stand up.
	I was terribly tired. I could go on sleeping even when I’d already slept for 12 hours.
Mucositis (Nissim et al., 2013; Persson & Hallberg, 1995)	Awfully painful I felt like someone had carved out a new mouth and nasal cavity for me. Nothing felt normal.
	I had no lining in my mouth that was unbearable.
Nausea (Persson & Hallberg, 1995)	I felt ill every day.
Sexual dysfunction (McGrath, 2012)	[Sexual dysfunction is] definitely an area that took its toll on me. Sex can be there in the mind, but the body doesn’t want to respond to it.
	It’s sort of like paralysis from the waist down and that was really awful.
	Since I got ill and all the rest it’s gotten worse and worse. Right now, I have no libido whatsoever.

Note. Study did not delineate symptoms further by disease.