Hi wanted to say welcome to the new ladies and I hope everyone had a nice weekend we went away to take my mind off tax my fourth chemo and first tax So I’m not fec ing anymore just a taxing time.
Feel like consultant is mucking me around despite things being my choice on the now delayed recon so trying to focus on what I need and to understand for meeting with ps requested two weeks ago still nothing heard
Trying to sleep unseccussfully!!! Best to all.
Ps re tax going with painted nails and socks and gloves are in freezer gonna look silly but hey!
Thanks for the recipe ladies, tried it last night and now waiting, can definitely feel movement! Good luck booksandwine for your Tax, remember the ice lollies whilst they administrator it xxxx
Thinking of you Booksandwine , hope you stay well with minumal side effects, must say I am as worked up about my first tax on Thursday as I was for my very first chemo, good luck to all other ladies with chemo this week too xx
Oh Rosie, you are having a bad time of it, thinking of you tomorrow and really hope they can sort it out for you - it’s been going on far too long and you must be dragged down by it all now. Take care xx
Glad you’ve picked up jackie 09 - the steroids always get me every time & I always think they won’t - dreading having to take more next round!
Lovewine - I’m not thinking about tax too much - what will be will be - just hoping its better than fec. Just confused about nails as everyone else on here so hoping to get some sense Thur.
Rosie you poor thing! Hope you get some much needed help tomorrow!
Loulou - I asked my once about a vitamin boost type drink that was recommended in a health food shop that is aimed for peeps on chemo & she said I could take it as long as only required amount but no reason why I can’t get what I need from a good diet so she didn’t see much point.
Hope your doing well on tax books&wine? Thinking of you
Was soooo tired over the weekend but have felt normal last two days thankfully. Bloods took today ready for Thur so fingers crossed!
Yes same as me! Felt crap 4 hours afterwards, gurgling/ hungry/sicky tummy for a week . Then 2 weeks not too bad!! Have heard also side effects don’t kick in until 4/5 days later, which is just in time for my birthday on Sunday!! Fingers crossed we don’t get too many S/E’s . Good luck for Thursday, have you had a much larger dose of steroids too? Starting Wednesday. X
We are exactly the same then! Yes the dreaded steroids - four to be taken twice daily for 3 days starting on wed:( (2mg dexamethasone). Jekkle & Hyde here we come! Good luck to you to love wine,thank you. XxxX
Morning ladies, got soaked walking my dogs earlier, have just started taking the dreaded steroids and off to see onc later this morning as I know Eam and Louise you are too! Hope everything goes well for all of us this week!
Rosie, hope you finally get sorted at gastro enterologist today and you will be able to go on your weekend trip. Xx
Morning everyone, my bloods and onc appointment are this afternoon, good luck to all those preparing for or having chemo today. Hope anyone who has just had chemo is doing OK. I start my steroids tomorrow, have just set myself some reminders as I will be at work.
Rosie I am thinking of you and really hope you get help today.
Just so it doesn’t cause any concern as to where I am… I have decided to try and stay off the forum for the next month or so. The reasoning behind this is, I think I am overcome by it and maybe not using it in the most helpful way at the moment. I keep checking on the secondary thread for eg surrounding any ache and pain I have and as I had anxiety before this journey, I dont think its the best medicine. I also compare myself to others who have a similar diagnosis. I now realise that at the moment that is not going to help me. I may be back within a week as I have always used this forum, I really hope I will still be welcome by you lovely ladies if thats the case. I wish you all the love and care in the world for the remaining treatment, speak soon xxxx
Loulou don’t feel bad a girls got to do what a girls got to do. We will all be here when you feel you want us. Fecing cancer its sh@t but we are all getting there x
Loulou, totally understand, everyone is different in dealing with this crap! As Louise has just said we are all here when you return and good luck in the meantime! Lots of love x
Hope everyone has got on ok today at various appts? Saw onc today and said my lump had shrunk and could no longer feel it- felt encouraged that all this chemo is hopefully working! Steroids are awful and making me feel sick but hungry at same time!
Rosie thinking of you, hope you got some answers today? X
Thought I would post. I’ve not posted in any of the threads before but have been reading this one and the March one all the way through this thing. I was diagnosed back in January and have had WLE and SNB … Grade 3 invasive with minimal lymph node involvement. I’m about to do 5 of 6 chemo tomorrow which will be my second Tax. I wanted to post just to say for those of you that are just embarking on your first Tax that I have found Tax much better than FEC … no sickness, a few minor aches and pains but completely livable with with a few paracetamol. Nasty mouth for a few days (but I have had this all the way through and manage it with a variety of potions and lotions … and wine when I can !) and sore fingertips for a few days.
The thing that I have found the best is I didnt have that fuzzy feeling that I got with FEC, no nausea (which I did have) the first few days after I felt pretty normal, it seems to kick in later and I found it less invasive to have through the canula … easier on the veins.
I realise everyone experiences their chemo differently but I know that sometimes when I’ve been anxious Ive searched the threads for positive experiences and it’s helped me so thought I would share a positive experience (I know that sounds crazy as really my positive experience would involve lying on a beach somewhere with a few mojitos but all things are relative at the moment haha!!)