B.E,P 5 Chemotherapy Diary

  • Day 66

    FormerMember
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    Day 1 of 4th Cycle

    So, the last 5 days of chemotherapy, are upon me. These will be the hardest physically, but the easiest mentally, as I know It's all over soon. 

    Feeling very fatigued, weak and a little dizzy and nauseas.....but all this should be gone, for good, in a couple of weeks or so. 

  • Day 47

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    Cycle 3, Day 3
    Sorry for the delay, Didn't really have the energy most of the time to update.

    Still a little low on energy now so I will keep this relatively short, Just approaching day 4 of cycle 3, One more cycle left after this! yay! Definitely easier mentally to cope with things now, than the first cycle but feeling pretty fatigued physically. My legs are sore the same way my head was before my hair fell out so…

  • Day 30

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    Day 30

    Ok, It's been a few weeks since the last update, mainly due to the cats chewing the laptop charger lead. Managing the second cycle a lot better than the first, Itching started yesterday, Feels a bit like sunburn on the back of my neck and just itchy in general. The numbness from the first cycle faded away but is coming back now, I'm assuming it will fade again after a while. 

    Also the tinnitus faded from…
  • Day 11

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    FormerMember
    Day 11
    Missed a few days of the diary as I was looking and feeling really ill and quite frankly was too embarrassed to post any. 

    I realise now that was silly, as the point of this was to track my progress and the changes that are happening, so that not just me, but hopefully somebody else, can gain a better sense of how chemotherapy might effect them and the rates of the changes etc.

    It's really hard to cope with when…
  • Day 5

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Day 5! 2 weeks break now, Well, I have to go in twice for an hour each time over the next two weeks but that's nothing compared to how the last months been. Ughhh! Aching all over today, Feeling ok otherwise though, just rough. So I'm going to sit here for the next three days........WITH COOKIES!!!!!!!!