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I'm baaaaaack!
Hi ladies!
It's been a while I know. Just thought I'd let you know where I'm at.
I had taxol number 12 last Monday (yip! yip!) I don't like to call it the last chemo for fear if jinxing myself for the future so we say 5 months of chemo completed :) I'm now on the 3 weekly herceptin and am booked for my re excision next Wednesday. I then have RT planning and start RT 15/11 which will finish in the first week of jan. then complete herceptin and 5 years if tamoxifen phew!
Down days
It's funny that almost 12 weeks down the track, almost halfway through chemo I feel like I am finally processing this shitty situation.
And I am scared shitless.
I don't want this shadow following me for the rest of my life.
I don't want to think that every little niggle will be a secondary.
I realised the other day that this is my worst nightmare come to life.
When I first started nursing in oncology 12 years ago I would look after young women with young families similar to myself and feel sick about it.
It was my greatest fear and now I am living it.
Headaches
Hi girls,
Had c4 AC a week ago and it knocked me for 6. Thank god it's my last one. One of the major side effects which has knocked me around is this godforsaken headache which started at e end of the cyclo infusion and is still present today although is far less than it was. I have become a panadol addict!
Has anyone else had this? I'm so thankful Im onto taxol next week. I don't think I could cope with another AC, this one has been truly ratshit!
Dan
Advice for the newly diagnosed
Hi all,
Just going through the current posts, and 1 recurring theme pops out at me for all the people out there that have just been diagnosed.
I also remember how I felt, and as a cancer nurse AND cancer patient i thought I might post some tips.
For all the other "old hats" Feel free to add anything :)
1) take a deep breath and be kind to yourself.
You have embarked on a crazy roller coaster ride which has ups downs and twists and turns. Take comfort. In the fact that it does settle down.
2) it's normal to be scared and think the worst.
Round 3 feeling very ordinary
Blerk. This feeling is so gross. I hope the taxol is better
