First chemo.

  • 12 replies
  • 283 subscribers
  • 977 views

I had my first EC today. I didn't realise quite how anxious I was until it was over and it made me thankful for lovely, kind and knowledgeable staff. Home now with armfuls of (legal!) drugs and a whole rainforest's worth of info booklets. One down - 11 to go. Hang in there folks... "baby steps" is my new zen mantraRelieved

  • Hi Andypandy, glad all went well. Yes you do get lots of meds to take home. I always took my anti sick meds as prescribed, I didn’t wait until I felt sick. Worked a treat Thumbsup

    Wishing you all the best

    Hugs from cuffcake x x x x x 

  • Hi Andy Pandy   My 1st Chemo is next week. I am anxious too. Pleased you got it over and done with, and went ok. Big countdown to zero now :)   Take care  x

  • Hi Andypandy…great you’ve got the first one done! Always the worst in one way as you never really know how it will go….

    yes definitely take the anti sickness ones… Also some do give you constipation which I found happened to me…if you have any Laxido or similar, take it …

    wishing you all the best for the rest…honesty the weeks do pass quickly..good luck xx 

  • Hi, I blogged a lot through my treatment but this one might be useful as it is everything I wish I'd known about chemo. Best wishes

    Chemo hints and tips

    Community Champion badge

  • Your sessions took 6-7 hrs? You deserve a gold medal, a circlet of wreaths and a blue plaque on your door! You are madecof sterner stuff than me... 2 hrs in and out. Well done, you Clap 

  • Honestly, it was so boring…….work emails were a blessing to keep me distracted Joy

    Community Champion badge

  • Hi Andypandy. Hope you feeling well. Not sure how to encourage you as I'm due to have my first session next week. Not sure how to handle all the stress and worries Confused. Trying to be positive as I don't want my 18month old baba to see me crying. 

    All the best.

    We all are  Muscle to fight with this xxx 

  • God bless you Vio, coping with this disease and looking after a baby too. I have it easy compared with you. I'm just putting one foot in front of the other every day, and ignoring jobs etc that don'need to be done immediately - life is too short to stress over trivial things and I've learned that lesson over the past few months. Cry all you need to - I burst into tears for no reason and then pull myself together for another while. I'll be thinking of you and praying for you during your treatment and that you get the strength you need to travel this hard bit of road. You certainly have a great attitudeBlush Big hugsHugging

  • Thank you so much xxx.

    We are fighters, we got this Muscle

    Did you do Immunotherapy too? I'm set to do that but I'm so scared of the side effects, more of the ones that can be permanent Worried.

    Lots of love Heart️