Start 30 weeks of 5FU chemotherapy adjuvant on the 7th oct

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Hi all,     I start  40 weeks of aduvant chemotherapy on the 7th october, I underwent a robotic anteria resection on the 7th july 26,  the surgeon is pretty convinced that he removed all of the cancer,   the surgery followed me attending Nottingham for the Papillon treatment,  which would have been great had the mri not showed up a T2 N1 ,  don't know what to expect with the   chemo,   but I think its the right way ahead,  any feedback would be appreciated    kind regards   David 

  • Hi David,

      If you are having 5FU by itself I'm not sure as I had mine as part of Folfox, however I took home a pump for two days once every two weeks and the infusion went in via  picc line.  I then went back to the hospital where they took it off and flushed the line. 

     They will give you drugs to manage the worst of the side effects.  I mostly was able to carry on with my life - albeit feeling a bit under the weather for some of the time each cycle.

      Wishing you all the best for treatment

    CerysM