I found that its never too early to moisturise which i did anyway. there a few factors to consider not just treatment ie travel to hospital and waiting times which will impact on your tiredness. It depends on how many sessions you are having. The first one was a little anxious for me until I got the hang of it. Click my name to read my tale. Good luck x
The advice I was given was that the treatment itself was going to be really straightforward but that I'd feel the effects a couple of weeks later (9 out of 10 women feel exhausted and 9 out of 10 apparently have skin / cell reactions as if they'd been burnt). I was told to keep all the cells in my body nice and plump (drink plenty of water and don't get dehydrated), don't sunbathe (probably won't happen in this weather), use a skin moisturiser (my sister-in-law who went through this got me some special emollient and moisturising lotion for dry skin which can also be used as a soap substitute).
Retired lady rough for me but compared to others, I do feel lucky as not had to endure chemo. You can never predict how your body will react to surgery or rads so just a case of going with the flow. Side effects are going down but it does take time so I've tried not to be so impatient! Hope yours goes well x
I understand from going for diagnosis and speaking to others how you do get to know hiw others are feeling
I recently done a team meeting on line with breast cancer nurse with other ladies in same position, aw we laughed and cried. I think we all said the same when asked hiw we are by family and friends we say oh I'm fine, we stay strong fior them.
