@lilly123 ooh I do sympathise. Seems you’re doing pretty much everything. I did have it one or two nights when my legs and feet hurt so much and I could’t sleep but wasn’t sure which was the chemo or the injections or what. Does cold or heat help at all? (Socks I had with cold pads helped feet.) Hopefully though it won’t last very long and you’re pain free during the day (though no doubt tired!). 
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@lilly123 Really sorry to hear you are having such bad pain. I do hate the injections too, the full week I just feel lousy and weak. I’ve done two out of six chemo rounds and have decided I need to write off the first week totally. I use Emla numbing cream half an hour before the injection and that certainly helps a bit with the administration but when it comes to sleeping I have kicked husband to spare room and cuddle up with a big v cushion (from next purple fluffy one). I find I can get more comfortable wrapping my legs over that and it doesn’t snore lol. It sounds like you are doing everything to reduce pain but something like this might help. Also Camomile tea at bedtime helps me a little.
I hope the pain subsides for you xx
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I’m really sorry you’re goong through these pains on top of everything else @lilly123. I hope you get some rest during the day to make up for the lack of sleep, it does make the world of difference.
Sending you a tight hug with healing wishes 
Hope everyone has a good day be it resting , going out and about, or anything else in between. Me? Sofa and crochet… not much energy for anything else 
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@dhmb. I’m probably going out for a little while but have to be careful as today is the day after chemo so is my drugged up steroid day and then I’m exhausted later! but I know tomorrow onwards will probs be less symptom free. Hope you’re ok after your 4th ec (?). Settee and crochet sounds a good plan 
xx
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Thank you kindly @anne3 , i usually have a shop around on the high street on Saturday’s but today i didn’t have it in me… better days will come I’m sure. The treatment itself was ok, better than no.3 by far, but feeling it today, not only lack of energy but everything makes me cry today… oh well… it is whay it is i guess… at least im finished with the EC now 
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Sorry to hear that @dhmb - perhaps you do need to do quiet things today but yay you’ve finished ec! but I do so understand the crying bit! I feel the effects are as much mental health ones as I do that too, in fact I’m a bit of a wreck! Had a completely unrelated appt the other day and, probs because I don’t quite look right these days, was asked if I was ok, then the nurse gave me a hug. Well that was enough to set me off 
. Similar happened today… I shouldn’t be let out really! Oh well we’re getting there and crochet is a very good distraction! Can we see pics? 
. Take care
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@dhmb. oh that looks very sweet and very well made and neat too. So not just a distraction but a useful rewarding hobby.
Enjoy your ‘me time’ relaxing.
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Thank you @anne3 , it’s definitely come in handy… making Christmas gifts lately, since my income has been largely impacted bt breat cancer i decided to make my Christmas gifts this year, that way i can also clear out part of my stash that I’m running out of space to keep 
Enjoy your weekend xx
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My sister just shared this with me, thought it might benefit some of you too.
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Thanks for sharing @songbird1 , how are you feeling today?
I hope everyone is feeling ok, on the mend, better… you get the idea 
Question for those that had a lumpectomy: i had mine in July with sential node biopsy that came back positive and margens weren’t clear. Recently I’ve been feeing like stab pains in the breast, does anyone feel the same?
Thanks and be well xx
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@dhmb. I also had a lumpectomy, followed by a separate lymph node clearance. Generally it’s fine now but I have had some odd stabbing pains too under arm and in breast. I think it’s the whole area just resettling and nerve ends rejoining. I was told it would take several months to be stable. Probs ask next time you speak to someone though xx
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Hi
My lumpectomy was the end of May. Nodes were all clear and clear margins, but from time to time I do get funny pains in my breasts. Usually passes quite quickly. I think it must be nerve endings etc.
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Thank you ever so much, i will speak to my oncologist nurses for sure , my mind is a bit more at rest, was thinking it might be a sing that treatment wasn’t working, still not off the table really but at least there’s another explanation that didn’t occur to me… sending you so many hugs right now 
Really silly how thw mind works hum???
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Thank you @bigpickle , it honestly didn’t ocurr to me 
feeling so silly now…
Thank you ever so much, loads and tight hugs
How are you feeling today?
Hi
It’s a new thing for all of us so the smallest pain , ache etc sets our minds off racing.
I feel really well……just hope my chemo goes ahead tomorrow 
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So glad to hear fingers, toes and everything crossed for you hun xx
Hi all
Thank you for your best wishes, been in bed all weekend, now have a temp of 37.9, I’m determined not to go back to hospital but if it goes over 38 I guess I won’t have a choice.
I have developed a sore patch on my hand today it’s coming up on my fingers aswell, wondering if it’s the start of plantar palmer which you can get with docetaxel! So annoying all these things. Anyone else had any skin changes? Xx
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@lilly123. oh no, do feel for you. You’re right there, it is very annoying and must be really making you fed up. Hope your temp does go down . No experience of the skin side effect but worth asking the nurses. Good luck and let us know how you get on xx
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Day 11 of cycle and things definitely improve for me as soon as the Filgrastim injections end, my energy returns gradually. I felt much better this weekend.
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