And so now I have just had my second round of FEC. This one was quite horrible compared to the first. I had what the nurse called a 'grumpy vein' and so the needle thing (I can never remember what it's called, I want to say cathater but I know that's *definitely* not right!) hurt loads going in and when they did the red drug my arm/vein felt really sore so he had to slow it right down. I was in there for…
So this was the last day before my next chemo. I had a shower and goodness the amount of hair that came out was awful/amazing (delete as applicable, I'm not sure). I imagine about half of my hair came out. I was given a handy tip about hair in plug holes - squirt a bit of Veet (or similar) down there and wait for it to dissolve - well, it didn't work with the amount of hair that I lost.... oh well. DH came home…
Fine today - spent a while out shopping which was great, but I am quite tired out now. Hair is definitely coming out - not yet falling out completely but coming out in clumps when I itch my head.
In terms of how I have felt, I have felt fine - no tiredness (or no more than usual anyway!) or sickness or anything. The big thing has been the hair loss. Every day it's been getting more and more. I won't have any left soon - I am going to wait till my Day 20 (today) diary to explain it a bit more, as it's still the morning and I have a lot to do, but I think in terms of how much hair I have, I reckon it's halved…
I have been meaning to diarise my chemo experience since day 1, to check if any patterns in my symptoms develop over the time - I like to be organised and know what to expect! I thought about doing it in a blog and lo and behold, I discover that this site has the means to do so - so where better?!
Anyway, I have breast cancer. I had a masectomy in May 2010 and started chemo on 7th July. So here's how it has gone so far…
