A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  • Groundhog Days

    I am settled into the weekly Paclitaxel cycle now, with no further incident. But it does feel like a series of groundhog days.  Wednesday afternoon infusion means around 4 hours at the hospital to get through the pre-meds, flushes, steroid and a...
  • Second Paclitaxel

    Having overcome the abdominal pan and infection, I restarted weekly Paclitaxel chemo on Wednesday of last week. I persuaded them to change the anti sickness medication from something long acting, to something less all-encompassing. I hadn’t had...
  • A date with the CT scanner

    I had a follow up appointment with one of the oncology registrars following last week’s hospital stay. At the time of the appointment, I was still struggling with my bowels somewhat, and still completing my course of oral antibiotics. It was de...
  • Paclitaxel-hell part 2

    Well, they didn’t let me go home. Infection markers going through the roof meant I was admitted into the acute oncology ward for 72 hours of repeated infusions of antibiotics by IV. On the plus side I had a single en-suite room, because of my n...
  • Paclitaxel-hell

    The eagle eyed of you may have noticed I have renamed my current delightful chemo drug to give you some sort of a clue as to how my experience has been.  I have heard so many people say they found Paclitaxel easier than EC and I guess I was lure...