Well here i am again 7 years later with breast cancer only this time with secondaries in the bone. i know my last blog said i wasnt going through with chemo but my mind was changed and i did it and then had radiotherapy and then got on with the rest of my life............ or so i thought....... found small pea size lump in the neck went to see GP and before i knew it i was having a biopsy which showed the cancer was on the move, ct and bone scans showed it was in the lymph nodes and in the sternum skull and lower back. I was advised to have chemo Taxotere/Carboplatin which absolutely knocked me off my feet, plus injections i had to give myself each day for eight days after chemo and once they kicked in i was so ill. it was awful. hair loss as expected devastated again sore mouth terrible diahreah and numb feet of which my toes are still numb, this along with Denusomab injections and then surgery to have mastectomy and removal of lymph nodes, after this i was expecting to have radiotherapy but as the lumps in the clavicular area had come back i am on a new regimen of chemo Capecetabine which is tablets every day for two weeks and a week off. so far not so bad have had a bit of sickness and diahreah but not too bad the tiredness is worst and now my mouth is developing blisters so this chemo as with others will have an accumulative effect and im expecting it to get worse. am on the second round of tablets great when i need to be out and about for christmas shopping but have done most on the internet. Scans three weeks ago show no changes not better not worse but lumps in neck are showing no sign of going anywhere yet but its early days i suppose. I dont know how long i will have to take this Capecetabine as the oncologist said it will control things so what happens if and when i stop?? i know that this cancer wont go away and i will have to fight it until i dont want to anymore. im feeling a bit down and fed up today but thats down to tiredness too and to be honest i dont like Christmas time never have so thats not helping.
