A trip with triple negative breast cancer

EC Round 1 days 2-4

Coddfish

Days 2-4 are the dexamethasone days, I guess the steroids aim to take you through the first hit of the chemo. I took 2 with the infusion and then had 12 to bring home - 2 to have with breakfast and 2 with lunch on each of days 2-4. I am also crunchin...
- 13 May 2022
EC round 1 - day of infusion - demystifying the chemo day ward

Coddfish

Everyone on chemo has to have a first chemo appointment, where it’s all a walk into the unknown. Today was mine, kitted out with my new Bard Power Port. So I write this to try to demystify it for other newbies. The appointment was 9am and a bun...
- 10 May 2022
I’ve got the power

Coddfish

I had a “power port” portacath device fitted this morning. It’s a small port that sits in your upper chest with wiring into your veins and can be used for delivering chemo and taking bloods. It’s an alternative to the PIC...
- 9 May 2022
Second oncology appointment

Coddfish

I returned to the oncology department and this time met the lead consultant for breast oncology. This felt a much better meeting where I got more personalised input on my cancer risk and on my likelihood of tolerating chemo. Main areas of risk are th...
- 4 May 2022
First oncology appointment

Coddfish

I think I am set to be permanently disappointed. I had my first oncology meeting today. It was yet another appointment where I got little information I didn’t already have - nothing specifically tailored to me, and a feeling that they weren&rsq...
- 27 Apr 2022

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EC Round 1 days 2-4

EC round 1 - day of infusion - demystifying the chemo day ward

I’ve got the power

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