FEC side effects

hi

I sailed through chemo by all accounts but I do remember either the last or second to last, I was so tired and just couldn't keep awake, my head was rolling round and for some reason I got really confused about how long I'd been asleep, it felt like an hour but was more like 30 secs. 

It was pretty confusing.

how many are you having ??

Carolyn

xx

Hi Carolyn,

Thank you for your reply.I have got to have 4 FEC and 4 of something else.this I  my first one and I feel very tired and drunk. I hope I sail through the rest. How long is it since you.had chemo and how are you doing. 

Xx

BB

I remember having a bit of a moment when having FEC....the nurse just slowed the drip down and I was fine. It was just weird that’s all....

Hi Galligirl,

Thank you for responding. I am so relieved I'm not the only one. That moment was quite scary.

BB

hi  

as Galligirl said they can slow down the drip, I had that a couple of times actually,  the chemo unit was really busy and they just try and get you through as quick as possible, if you struggle they just slow it down a bit.

They're much more vigilant usually on the first dose.

I didn't have the F part of the FEC so just EC then T, which for me would have been Paclitaxel, or the other taxane, I can never remember which i had. one is for lymph node positive and one for negative. Docetaxel is the other. 

I was diagnosed in May 2015, had surgery in July and then chemo from August through to Christmas Eve. 

I , stupidly / naively thought that I'd be up and running on Jan 1 2016 .  That didn't happen.

I'd already adopted a walking strategy prior to the diagnosis, I'd been through a monumentally stressful time and I just needed to move.

I'd read 6000 steps per day was a useful count, which is about 40 mins, so 20 out and 20 back. 

I kept that up throughout treatment and chemo and looking back I think it was a good plan. 

I still have days when I wobble, and end up back here, because it's nice to help others get through the scary initial diagnosis. 

Sharing my experience seems to help others and I certainly felt a huge sense of relief confiding in another local lady who'd just completed her chemo as I was diagnosed. 

Talking to people who've been through it helps you understand it is possible to get through it. 

Six months seems like an eternity but one day you will look back and smile as you tell the next lot to stay calm. 

Carolyn

xxx

Hi BB,

I had this with my first chemo, and starting shaking uncontrollably I had so antihistamine and was very soon ok.

The nurse was doing mine by hand at the time, she slowed it down and it never happening again.

Hopefully you will be ok next but they will monitor you, especially if you mention it to them x x