Hello my name is Heather I have just been diagnosed with brest cancer last week for the first time (and last I hope) Both my sisters have had cancer,one died seven month ago Im a bit scared of what to expect with the chemo. Can anyone tell me how soon after the treatment do you start to feel ill? How soon do you lose your hair?
Hi all im back in the land of the living after wed chemo yesterday was worse as not taking steroids did feel very sickly and seemed to be clenching my mouth hardly drank or ate but feeling bit better today - woke up in enormous sweats at 1am last night which always happens when i get the feeling ive had a good kicking - feel tender and bruised and bloated/swollen from belly button upwards - especially my back area and head and face its weird lasts 24hrs then disappears?
Sam - you do brilliant on FEC - no loss of taste wow!
Jean go girl you are a party animal no sleep for 22hrs or so and off out - you crazy lady - love the wig and bet you asleep now out cold :-) - i attempted to do a bbq as Michael came back from Halton in Bucks his summer camp and mum and dad came round but by the time 4pm came i was buggered and REALLY not in mood for it - then trevor tucked into the pasta salad off the table aargh! and woke me up at 7am but i jumped on settee till 10AM so caught up with sleep at least. - ha ha Michael had to get up 5.30am every day and have bed inspection at RAF Halton and iron the sheets smooth etc - really strict - so they all decided to sleep on the floor to avoid having to make their beds ha. i think he is very glad to be home - even though he has ironing and had to dust and hoover his room and walk trev - still easy going to what he been used to away :-) WOOOW last chemo coming up Jean bet you are over the moon.
Chelle whoppee last chemo on Tuesday - what a mile stone im so jealous :-)
Wendy - the swimming pool sounds lovely great you had a nice day to give it a whirl.
Susie glad your nodes are clear and no spread from the scan and wish you luck for Mondays scan and get the thyroid worry cleared up with your oncologist.
Hi all im back in the land of the living after wed chemo yesterday was worse as not taking steroids did feel very sickly and seemed to be clenching my mouth hardly drank or ate but feeling bit better today - woke up in enormous sweats at 1am last night which always happens when i get the feeling ive had a good kicking - feel tender and bruised and bloated/swollen from belly button upwards - especially my back area and head and face its weird lasts 24hrs then disappears?
Sam - you do brilliant on FEC - no loss of taste wow!
Jean go girl you are a party animal no sleep for 22hrs or so and off out - you crazy lady - love the wig and bet you asleep now out cold :-) - i attempted to do a bbq as Michael came back from Halton in Bucks his summer camp and mum and dad came round but by the time 4pm came i was buggered and REALLY not in mood for it - then trevor tucked into the pasta salad off the table aargh! and woke me up at 7am but i jumped on settee till 10AM so caught up with sleep at least. - ha ha Michael had to get up 5.30am every day and have bed inspection at RAF Halton and iron the sheets smooth etc - really strict - so they all decided to sleep on the floor to avoid having to make their beds ha. i think he is very glad to be home - even though he has ironing and had to dust and hoover his room and walk trev - still easy going to what he been used to away :-) WOOOW last chemo coming up Jean bet you are over the moon.
Chelle whoppee last chemo on Tuesday - what a mile stone im so jealous :-)
Wendy - the swimming pool sounds lovely great you had a nice day to give it a whirl.
Susie glad your nodes are clear and no spread from the scan and wish you luck for Mondays scan and get the thyroid worry cleared up with your oncologist.
Just stopped by for a quick catch up with you all. Nothing much to report really have had a fabulous weekend (seems a long time since I’ve said that). Yesterday I went with my Mum and my mate Lucie to Gala Bingo, I had a free session for me and a friend as a birthday treat from Gala, so we went along to Coventry and had a real hoot. Didn’t win anything but had such a giggle. My brain has turned to mash potato and as such I was one number behind the caller all session which caused great amusement between Mum and Lucie!!! I would go every week if I could but sadly when on benefits I can’t afford or justify it sadly. When we got home Lucie and I had an Indian takeaway and watched X Factor – what better way to spend a Saturday?! LOL
Knackered myself out a bit yesterday so have done very little today, except for a little bit of gardening and a walk to the Chinese takeaway!!! Well it’s the weekend!!! Lol
Jean- I love your tinsel wig, you and your girls look fab xx
Stef – Is it normal to lose your taste on FEC? I think I’ve been very lucky on it. I just hope I’m as lucky on Taxatere next week!!!
Wendy – Great news on finally getting a date, it’ll come round soon enough you wait and see
Moomy – I’m the right age group for your friend but I’m having chemo before surgery so not sure I’ll be much help to her.
Sue - Good luck for tomorrow, will be thinking of you x
Caley – Welcome home!!!! Hope you’re feeling OK and getting plenty of rest.
Stuart – last be not least, is there an update from Vicky’s work? It’s all got a bit confusing now and to really help I would need to see all the documents together and work through them to get my mash potato brain around all their dates, sorry. Still, I’m here as a sounding board whenever you need me.
Nothing much happening this week, except a visit to the Prof on Thursday for a check up, I just hope I get through the consultation without blushing, and I must concentrate on what he says instead of staring dreamily at him!! Lol The best of it is, he’s at least 10 years older than me and probably in normal life I wouldn’t give him a second look, but phwoar he’s dreamy!!!! J lol
Night night all for now, catch up with you tomorrow.
Good luck to all those having treatment/appointments this week, as always will be thinking of you
Just a quick post to welcome you home, Caley! I'm so pleased for you.Make sure you really rest and let others look after you. Wow, Sam, I should get in a cold shower! praying that all goes well for you tomorrow,Sue, Goodnight everyone, love, Wendy xxx
Another quickie, Everyones looking after me really well, my mate kerry gave me a bell, i must admit thats not going down to well, ha ha, but i like it!!!!. My drain was taken out before i came home, that was the painful bit, other than that i've been uncomfortable but ok, pretty much getting by on paracetemol. As my lymph node test during op came bak positive they had to remove them, does this mean bad news, or could some still be clear? Consultant did come to see me but i think i was still wacked from op!!! Thanks again to you all for your support, keep smiling and good luck for treatments this wk, hugs and kisses, caley xxxxxxx
Glad you're back home Caley. Wish I'd thought of the bell! I had 24 nodes removed, which I think was a full clearance, and the tests came back fine, so try to keep positive.
Jean, glad everyone enjoyed the ABBA evening. I don't mind a bit of a bop myself, but I really overdid things at the fancy dress party on Saturday. My son (bless!) posted pictures on Facebook entitled 'before she had too much', 'not drunk yet..' and 'OK, now she's hammered'. Admittedly at that point I was sitting on the floor doing that 'upside the head' thing, but where's the family loyalty, that's what I want to know lol. Sunday was a very quiet day indeed.
Good luck to everyone on treatment this week, another one to tick off. A couple of you are starting on Taxetare soon I think. I had 6 of those, so if anyone wants to ask anything before or during their treatment, feel free.
Bloody hell, Stef, it really whacks you about doesn't it? Never mind only 3 more to go. Good old Trev tucking into the pasta salad. Bet he enjoyed it more than you or I would have. These knackered taste buds are doing my head in. I would just love to taste one thing, ANYTHING. It's all poo at the moment.
Sam, you must get those hormones under control, girl! So glad that someone still has functioning taste buds. Hope it continues.
Caley, as you will already know it is better if the lymph nodes are clear. However, just because they have removed them all it doesn't mean to say that they are all affected. They removed all of mine and only one was affected! You'll get the results when you have your first check up after the op.
Kay, sounds as if you had a ball at the fancy dress. Get your son to go onto facebook and "copy" your picture. You can then paste it into your profile and let us have a look at you "hammered"
Morning everyone and thank you for your support :)
Sam, I fired another email off this morning as Vicky's area manager is back off leave. I can't remember if I said this last week or not but it seems Vicky is still on her old contract from before TUPE to the new company. No mention of rolling 12 month periods there but I'm seeking clarification. That said, they don't seem to be able to keep an accurate record of days that Vicky was or wasn't in the office. HR came back and said that they had made another error and added on 3 more sick days for a period when I can prove Vicky was at work :( Anyway, I'll wait and see what they come back with today now that higher management are involved - let you know later ;)
Just a short one today. I have had a terrible time on the Taxotere - been aching like hell since Friday. Had to go to A&E at 4 am this morning as could not stand the pain any longer. Have got a regime now that has taken the edge of the pain, will just have to see for later in the afternoon. If not good then I'll have to go to GP for morphine!.
Anybody else had this pain on Taxotere? And how many days will it last?
Stavanger- Maybe I'm a fraud / cheeky posting here as it's my sister who is undergoing treatment on Taxotere. Apparently it can be a bit more painful etc if you have undergone chemo before & especially if you have some sort of infection - her 3rd chemo was a bit better as we didn't have the usual session up the A & E whilst blood were done. 1st chemo she had Neutropenia and 2nd she had a slight water infection. She is mainly just tired now and not suffering with the awful aches & pains. However, our new cancer ward monitors & reviews the day before chemo is due to make sure all has been ok and changes the in between treatment each time. She has injections to boost her system after chemo. & so far this seems to be helping. She is suffering from the 'hive' rash (on her face unfortunately) and the very sensitive fingernails. She does come away with a bag full of pills each time to help her through to the next session. Co-codamol have helped her with the aches & pains to some degree, but obviously you have to watch the paracetomol content etc. Hope you don't mind me posting, but it helps me to cope with this & my sister is not someone who would share this with others as she is too damn private sometimes.
