Round 4 of EC was on Wednesday 28/3. Following day was not bad, touch of heartburn Friday and Saturday however, by Sunday steroids had finished and felt awful. Meltdown once again (however, think I am managing them slightly better now), just felt so, so tired and no energy once again. Spent most of Sunday and Monday laid up on settee sleeping on and off. Tuesday DH back to work and tried to do some housework but again…
I have been reading and contributing to the online community site for a few months now and have honestly found it a godsend for support, advice, laughs, hugs and the not so nice side of cancer we are all dealing with in the most honest way possible.
After reading about the journeys some people are having and then I think about mine hmmmm….. how do I put this???
Really easy compared to so many of you to name but…
Well, not updated lately so thought I would put down how I’m feeling this time round.
Saw Oncologist on Monday 19/3 and mentioned all side effects including tiredness, steroids not seem to have kicked in as well as usual, no sleep, very emotional and the weariness seemed to go on forever. She wasn’t too bothered until I mentioned I had a sore mouth and tongue for a few days (now gone) which felt like the after effects…
Well I last updated 3 days ago and thought by now I would be feeling better, no, how wrong am I . When I said this has hit me harder this time it is also going on for longer. Previously I have felt fairly good as taking the steroids, finish them have a major meltdown for a day or 2 and then back to normal (well, as normal as you can be with this poison through your body).
Not this time the emotional side of it has JUST…
What they don’t tell you
Not quite halfway through this chemo shite and these are my observations on common side effects that no-one talks about too much as people tend to focus on the bigger effects. Which is quite right. A lot of people end up in hospital on a regular basis through having this treatment either very bad side effects, bloods low, infections etc.
It hit me today about the smaller side effects that…
