When did your side effect start?

With my first chemo regimen, a few days after first treatment I had a bit of diarrhoea but felt fine otherwise. I think it was perhaps the third treatment when I started to notice real impact (out of 28 treatment in total on that regimen.) When I was doing treatments 10-12 it seemed the chemo I was basically bedbround, so the oncologist reduced the dosage to 80%, and I was able to get through the rest of it at that dosage.

With my second chemo regimen, different drugs, I started to feel the impact on the evening of Day 5 (Day 1 would be the day of the chemo) of the first treatment.

What chemo are you on?

Interesting question Tracey,i start on wednesday and very aprehensive now,hope its not too bad for you

I'm on EC with dexamethasone steroids.

28 treatments is a lot! Thankfully at the moment I've got 12 cycles over 6 months 

Thanks for your input, I won't get too excited that I've been let off easy just yet lol.

Same to you deedee54, the nurses are very informative, and I think everyones expectations are different but I can tell you it's not like the tele! Lol 

I have incurable stage 4 metastatic secondary breastcancer,  I think my side effects started the 2nd week in the 1st cycle and gradually increased till my oncologist reduced my abemaciclib from 150mg to 100mg twice a day. I've suffered mainly from diarrhoea. 

I hope your side effects won't get to bad. 

Sorry they can't cure you, but any knowledge you've learnt on your journey is valuable x 

I honestly had a slightly different experience each time but overall I was worst on EC day 5 onwards and on docetaxel I felt worse after day 2/3 and for about a week. Like I had a massive hangover. Then some cycles I had additional things, diahorrea, constipation, mouth sores, sore throats, etc. but often would have one cycle with a killer sore throat but not of the others, or one where I was constipated and others diahorrea!! Or migraines then none, it was like a crap pick and mix!! X

That's true any knowledge is valuable. I wish you a relatively smooth journey.  I say relatively cos we all know with side effects it wont always be as smooth as we'd wish for. 

One off my side effects has been a nasty taste or no taste at all. 

I’m stealing that - ‘crap pick n mix’  That exactly what my side effects have been like but I’ve never been able to explain it to people before! Thanks for making me giggle  

Your welcome  x