Chemo date

Hi HazG. Everybody reacts differently to chemo so there’s no guarantee how you’re going to feel however if you don’t want to be a dying swan then be a positive penny and decide that you will carry on as normal wherever possible? 

Chemo has a lot of side effects and I’ve attached a link to a previous post however this is just a heads up - sometimes it’s just reassuring to know that having a bit of a sharp pain when you take the first bite of something is normal so take a smaller bit next time?

i know I was lucky not to have any severe side effects with my chemo so I carried on going out for walks and into work (with my oncologists agreement) and I found that to be a good distraction and better for me mentally than lying in the settee all day watching daytime tv?

https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer_types/bowel-colon-rectum-cancer-forum/f/diagnosis/207876/stage-3-bowel-cancer-about-to-start-chemo---worries

So just wait and see how you go - you may find it handy to keep a diary so you can make a note of any side effects and also you might find a bit of a routine develops so you can plan something nice for your good days

Take care and let us know how you get on

Karen x

HazG, is it the low dose 5FU for the 6 months? If so that's what I had, weekly for 30 weeks,  and you can get on with a slightly slower life, slowing down as you clock the weeks off. The affect is cumulative but I did work throughout, as I say slowing down, and readjusting the week to suit the chemo. All the best.

Thank you very informative x

Hi I’m having oxaliplatin with 5fu I’m having one in the unit and coming home to have the other over 48 hours, once every two weeks over six months. 
which means nothing to me  I’m not very clued up on all this. 
I’m led to believe the oxaliplatin is ment to be bad ! 
thank you for your reply x