Only one more to go after this…..it feels so good to be saying that at this point. In less than 3 weeks I will have my last treatment and I'll be pretty much over the side effects in about 4 weeks from now. I know I still have surgery and all sorts to go next, but for now, that feels good!
Has it passed quickly or slowly? It's difficult to say really. In some ways my first Chemo on 23 March seems an age ok, in other ways I can remember the fear of the unknown so very clearly. There was undoubtedly a very long 3 weeks between cycles 3 and 4, not helped by continuous rain…..that was the hardest time for me so far, halfway did not feel very far at all.
But now I think I have gotten the hang of it. I know more or less what will happen each day of the cycle, what the side effects are likely to be and therefore how much I can plan and what I can do. I think that ability to plan, to be somewhat in control, is important to me, and whilst I might have known this about my personality before, this experience has really brought that to the fore.
So for today, the dreaded Day 4, I plan a short walk and a light lunch!
