Preconceptions

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I really had no idea what to expect but after coming to the end of my first 3 week chemo cycle, I realise that in the back of mind I realise I had the following expectations.

* the first couple of chemo treatments would be fine

* if my hair was going to fall out, it would have started to do it in the first couple of weeks

* I would start to feel better after a couple of weeks and have a reprieve for a week or so before my next round of chemo!

Wrong on all 3 counts! And yes I know we’re all different and there is no normal, but I really was unprepared for the onslaught from the off!

And my hair which is now leaving my scalp by the handful is in competition with my moulting Spaniel!

I guess there really is no way to prepare your mind and body for what’s to come. And yes we live to fight another day!

Arty Joolz

Silverberg 12 hours ago

Hi. Arty

i was expecting to be totally debilitated and my hair to fall out instantly. I have a three week cycle. One long , two short no rest between.
instead I’ve had nothing! No hair falling out, no side effects, nothing. Today I’ve seen the consultant and she told me I hadn’t had a full dose but the next cycle would be a higher dose!! But still not the full strength.
I think I feel cheated!! Like it was an anti climax . Like I had been invited out and then been taken to Spoons. Hardly worth putting my make up on. Maybe I should be grateful as I’m getting a slow run in.
The whole process is riddled with these preconceptions. My biggest was when you get to five years you are cured, and back to normal. Is it like childbirth nobody ever tells you what it’s really like? Or how your body will feel after!

We do live to fight another day.

Three times! What did I do?

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