treatment..

Hi 

Since you have written this post you will have seen your consultant and I hope that your wound has healed and that you can start chemotherapy tomorrow.

It's perfectly natural to be scared about the treatment and possible side effects. I see that you have joined the main breast cancer group and I know they have a monthly chemotherapy thread where anyone can discuss anything to do with chemotherapy. 

I'm going to tag this group's Community Champions , GRANNY59 and  as they should be able to give you a direct link to the chemotherapy thread.

Sending you my best wishes and a ((hug)) for tomorrow

x

Hello

Sorry i missed your post last night, hope your wound had healed enough and you have started your chemo today. If you have you will realize that it wasn't as bad as the waiting for it. 

Don't read about the SEs everyone is different so you might not have many, i left the hospital with a chemo book and i started reading it and thought, i don't need to know about things that might not happen. So i put it in the bin and waited to see what happened. 

Have a look at the July breast cancer chemotherapy chat and tomorrow there will be a new one for August. You will find other people in there who are going through the same as you who will offer fantastic support and advice. I found it helped knowing i wasn't the only one going through it, you can also ask questions if there is anything you are unsure about. No question is a silly one, believe me i asked some corkers but as soon as i posted them someone would come along and say the same had happened to them etc.

This group is quite so look at the breast cancer group too, there are more people about who will be able to help.

As for the kids my advice would be to be honest with them, rather than them hearing something and not knowing whats happening. I told my godson who was 2 that Auntie Shelley was poorly and she needed some medicine that would help make her better. I explained my hair would fall out but it didn't matter because it would grow back. He came out with some right corkers, telling me i was bald like his granddad and telling his nana that Auntie Shelley kept her hair in her handbag (my wig).

Losing your hair, was the worse thing for me but once i shaved it off i felt strangely relieved. Have you thought about a wig?? I didn't want one till some of the ladies showed me how fantastic they looked in theirs, have a look at Our Wonderful Wigs i was complimented so many times on my new hair cut, more than i ever did with my real hair, and no one knew it was a wig.You may also be able to get a voucher to help from the hospital for your wig, they will also be able to tell you the best place to go.

If you've had your first chemo today hope it went OK and you're feeling OK, make sure you drink plenty of water and take your anti sickness meds even if you don't feel sick. 

Keep talking to us we'll help you through this xx