This week I have moved on from my four rounds of EC to 12 weeks of Paclitaxel.
Overall I found the EC relatively straight forward. I always had at least half the cycle when I felt relatively normal and only 3 days or so of feeling rough. The wo...
One of the horrible aspects of EC chemo is that it temporarily affects your taste buds so that many types of food taste flat, or just not quite right. I have found each cycle a little worse from this perspective - a day or two longer, more foods affe...
Feeling delighted to have entered the halfway stage. Once I have processed this one, it will be 12 weeks of Paclitaxel.
Also delighted that round 3 improved enormously after my last post. Once I had resolved the constipation, the rest of the cycle pa...
When I first started chemo, a doctor described it as standing at the top of the stairs and being knocked down. Each time you climb back up, only to be knocked down again. But each time it’s a bit harder and you don’t get quite so far up t...
I wrote a little too soon about the side effects at the end of round 2. Whilst it’s true I was generally well during the final week or so, I woke up most mornings with abdominal pain and wind that sometimes led to bowel urgency. I also never qu...
