I’ve now completed one full round of treatment which for me is three weeks of chemotherapy. One with all the drugs (Paclitaxel, also known as taxol, Carboplatin, Herceptin and Pertuzumab), then two weeks of just Taxol. I will need to have 6 rou...
I pride myself on being a positive person and have tried to be positive so far during this time. Let's be honest my prognosis is good compared with many others and whilst I have a difficult journey ahead I have hope and that is really good!...
Today I had my second chemo session (more on that later) but I first wanted to catch you up on the rollercoaster I have felt in this last week. I think it is fair to say that so far, whilst devastated by the news I have been mostly determined a...
It’s the first weekend following my first chemo. Thankfully I seem to have minimal side effects thus far. But I am obviously not the person I was two weeks ago.
I have much less energy, I can’t just run around after the boys, sort all the...
Yesterday was intense. I arrived at the treatment centre at 10am and was to be there until 4pm it was going to be a long day. In part I had made it longer by deciding to use the cooling cap. This is a device which I will wear on my ...
