My feet are swollen and painful. I have been told this is one of the symptoms of Tax, but I've just looked it up and it can also be a symptom of Reumatoid Arthritis and psoriaisis, both of which I have. The psoriaisis is mainly on my feet and ankles anyway, so not sure what to blame.
The skin around my ankles feels very tight, don't know if that is because of the swelling or the psoriaisis!! Why can't life be simple? I know others suffer from multiple illnesses, so I wonder how they cope.
I've also noticed that my cough is coming back. I'm having to use my inhalers more often as I get really out of breath when exerting myself. Hang on a minute, isn't that a side effect of Tax too? Oh well, might as well blame it all on Tax. Wonder how I will fare when I go back on Fec next week?
I had a very interesting chat with my consultant oncologist, the one in charge of rads. She told me quite a few things about my tumour that I didn't know. 36mm, grade 3, which I knew, 100% ER positive and 70% PR positive (I didn't know the percentage). She also said there was less than 20% chance of local recurrence in my chest and about 50% chance under my armpit. She added that she wouldn't agree to me having rads until she had spoken to my respiritory consultant or my RA consultant and was more concerned about rads causing fibrosis of the lungs than anything else. She also said I could have an ANC instead. With all the info I now have, I've decided no rads which would be 5 weeks, and not 3 as I was first told, just go for the Anastrazole for now and worry about whether to have an ANC if I feel it necessary at a later stage.
Oh yes, I also have vascular invasion which I hope the chemo is getting rid of!!
Fec 4 tomorrow
