Had first chemotherapy treatment on Wednesday felt not too bad yesterday but today floored me been plagued with really bad headaches no relief from paracetamol and feeling extremely emotional today - anyone had similar side effects or offer advice any will be gladly received currently scheduled for 3 treatments of Epirubicin and cyclophosphamide combined and then 3 treatments of docetaxel with 3 weeks between treatments all being well and at some point will be given zoledronic acid to help with bone matter. Also been given steroids to take for 2 days which I have now finished and anti sickness tablets that up to now I have not needed to take which is good and also injection of filgrastin one a day for next 7 days district nurse did first one yesterday and then watched me do it myself today and is happy that I can manage to do these in my own now. Forgot to mention I am 62 years old and never thought I would be diagnosed with cancer what a wake up call the emotions that hit you are too long to list going from being totally positive to totally negative. Sorry for twittering on and thanks for listening take care all gailg
Hi gailg
Never apologise for twittering on as you call it, you can talk all you like on here as we all understand what's it's like to be diagnosed with Breast Cancer and what a shock it is to the system. Sorry that you are not feeling well today after your first round of chemo on Wednesday. I know that it's probably too late now given that it's Friday and the start of the weekend, but if you feel that medication isn't helping with any side effects you can ring the oncology ward and one of the nurses will give you advice on what you can take to help with them or you can ring the hospital where you are being treated and they might be able to do something for you. Do you have an out of hours number you could ring?
It's perfectly understandable that you are feeling emotional it happens from time to time.
Wishing you the best of luck with your treatments. I'm here at various time everyday so if you have any questions or you just want to vent feel free to message me.
Best wishes and take care.
Daisy53
