Countdown to 'C' day

Hey Big Pete ... you've got exactly the right attitude there - after all the little steps you've taken,  Friday is a big step towards being better!

As you say chemo is different for everyone, but I do believe that attitude is everything. See chemo as just something that needs to be done and dont make a big deal of it.

I thankfully had hardly any side effects - except constant cold feet - and now I look back on my 6 months of  treatment, cant believe how quickly it went

Good Luck for Friday -- let us all know how you get on

Pam x

Hi Pete, are you having the 5FU chemo on a pump that comes home with you. If you are (that's what I had), it's not that bad. 

They'll give you anti-sickness meds ... take them, don't be brave and wait til you feel sick, but take them every day. That's what they told me, and after the first day I didn't feel queasy at all. 

Good luck.

Hi Pete,I'm on my second round of chemo of eight,I did suffer with sickness and general bowel problems,I read all about the side effects like you but you dont know what you get till you start.What I would say is tell your doctor what you suffered with next time and dont suffer in silence theres lots of medication to help you,particularly with the nausea.Just remember it doesnt last forever,and imagine what it's doing to the cancer.I have breast cancer with quite a large lump and after only 1 treatment I can hardly feel it,amazing!good luck,ask for help when you need it and dont suffer in silence!Vicky.x

Many thanks for all your comments.

I'm 24 hours away from the start of another leg of my journey.

I'm having Oxaliplatin by infusion and Capecitabine tablets.

Bring it on!!

How to I get to follow how it goes? I have cancer of the lining of the womb but i'd like to see how someone finds Chemo because I haven't had it yet