Just had my first EC chemo , well I don't know what to say, I have had 4 and a half months of hell bilateral mastectomy lymph nodes out seromas, cording and now Chemo.
I'm having EC it took only 30 mins! had fantastic care from Velindre , I feel better coming out than I did going in! It's early I suppose the side effects will kick in soon . I didn't have any during the infusion at all. I can't believe it my daughter dropped me off and just managed to get home and she had to come back because I was done ! Lol so I expect I will have some bad days to come but today I feel fine. Didn't bother cold capping , the only good thing to come out of all this trauma is I'm giving my hair to little princess. That's it I made my decision to do that at the last moment .
Nurse said to me you have 3 infusions left so 90 minutes on this journey and I'm done !!!
Jayne
Haha u make me laugh you junkie! Lol you've not loss your sparkle, wonderful!
C x
Ha , just woke to turn over back to sleep now X Jayne
Hi I had 3 x 3 weekly EC and no problems at all just got tired doing normal stuff I am now on my 8th paclitaxil 4 left to go and other than a few aches and pains all good. I think the thought of chemo is far worse than it actually is or have I been lucky not sure but I seem to have coped ok so good luck to you all xxx
Glad to hear first session has gone well Jayne and over in no time! Hope you had a good night’s sleep. Good luck with the rest of your course, you’ll soon be able to put this all behind you! X
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