Hi all new to all this and still feeling very nervous i am going for my 2nd bout of chemo today.
I am on a 3 week cycle but ended up in hospital a week after my last one with nutropenic sepsis. As anyone else been through this it was a bit scary.
I have a fungating mass under my left axilla which as come from the breast.
Is anyone else on here had similar diagnosis.
Also can anyone tell there story of chemo experience.
I was doing great for the first week after but my experience in hospital as made me really nervous for this next session
Any support would be appreciated
Hello Chase, welcome. Not quite the same as you but after my third chemo session I ended up in hospital for 3 nights and they initially thought that I had neutropenic sepsis. It turned out to be nuetropenia - my white blood cell levels had dropped really low - but I was really ill and it did make me nervous of my next chemo session. However, I had another 5 chemo sessions after the hospital admission and all went fine, bar some standard side effects such as tiredness and feeling sick, and I was prescribed anti-sickness medication which helped with that. It's natural that you will be feeling nervous at your second chemo session today but hopefully it will all go well for you. I took my temperature several times a day when having chemo so that any potential fever was picked up quickly and if you feel unwell at any time don't be afraid to give your chemo hotline a ring for advice. I find that taking things a day at a time, rather than thinking ahead about what may or may not happen, helps me to get through the various treatment stages as it is a bit of a long slog! Hope this helps x
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