First chemo on Friday, a little advice please

Hi Louise

I had 8 cycles of Chemotherapy and the days I felt best were the day of the Chemo and the day after. I used to get mine on a Thursday and the side effects didn't usually show until the Sunday. I would say go!

All the very best with your treatment and recovery x

Hi Louise . Wishing you well with your treatment. How are you feeling about it all? 

i finished 12 sessions of chemo in August this year. I very much carried on as normal. Obviously just take precautions with hand washing etc. for context I have a school aged child and slept next to her all the time and I never contracted anything and I was on the worlds strongest chemo drug. 

I would suggest you drink lots of cold pressed juices and keep yourself healthy and you will be just fine xx 

Thank you for your message, it really helps to get my head round the unknown.

Thank you for your message, to be honest I've never felt this scared of something before, and I backpacked round Israel and Egypt in the 90s hahaha. You have given me some reassurance thank you. I was feeling like my life is going to stop for 6 months and I'm going to become a Hermit. But listening to you guys gives me encouragement to get through. 

Thanks 

I’ve only had chemo through one chemo cycle of 3 weeks plus the first of the next. Sat in the chair 4 times. Hardly time to work out a pattern. My day is Friday. The big ones I don’t sleep on the Friday because of the steroid taken 6 hours after . But I feel Ok. However Sunday and Monday are a bit grim. I feel like my bladder is full of shards of glass and I get cramps in my stomach. Today I’ve walked round Filey no problem. I’ve had a nap but I feel Ok. 

I’ve decided that I will do what I want when I want. I’m keeping a diary so I can spot a pattern if there is one to help me and OH plan. I refuse to put my life on hold for 6 months. 

Nobody knows how you will feel  because we all react differently. I think we just have to see how we go. 

Thank you for this, I was in Filey at the weekend because I wanted a weekend away with my kids before I start, we stopped at the Dolphin holiday park. It was fantastic. I got my feet in the sea and a lovely sunset cliff walk. I will definitely keep diary, have you slept ok on the other nights? 

I felt exactly the same, I was so scared because chemo gets a bad rep, life on hold for a year, off work for a year, sat at home ill etc etc but let me tell you I didn’t have one day off work, still did the school runs twice a day, still went to my weekly Pilates class. I did suffer with constipation but got medication for that. I suffered with severe hayfever but I still did everything I normally did, even had a day out (non alcoholic) drinking with the girls. 

Go into it with a positive mindset and you’ll be just fine xx 

I will definitely try my best to stay positive. Thanks 

Yes I sleep Ok. I’ve increased my fluid intake a lot so I do get up through the night but I just read if I can’t get back to sleep. I’m 68 so I sleep when I want I’ve nothing making demands on my time. 
I’m eating the same as normal,   No sickness. I’m not upto 100% strength on the drugs yet though.