To all you lovely ladies not feeling top notch today, take it easy, do what makes you happy and the rest can wait 
xx
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Yes as @dhmb says, first the worst. But i found i felt pretty good by day 8. Ive just had third and feeling rough today but I know Iāll feel ok by next weekend.
Thanks @bigpickle. Similar meds to me but they have given me 2 tablets for anti sickness, though maybe that means i wonāt have any in drip. It does seem a lot of steroids. They make my face go red which I hate and i dont sleep either. Good luck for 14th. Mine is 25th.
Xxx
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Loving all the photos, so here is me in my wig. Tend to use turbans etc, so wig only for special occasions
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@bigpickle That one looks good too, would think itās your natural hair. Loving all the stripey tee shirts too as I also have a fair selection! 
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my husband noticed that about the stripey tops, what a coincidence!
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That looks great xx
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Fabulous pictures. Hope you feel better soon. Xx
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@songbird1. looks fab! I do feel more comfortable in a beanie hat of some sort though, less worrying! Aviemore looks just the tonic. Hoping you do feel better soon
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These wigs are all so realistic. You look great. Xx
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Hello Ladies, I havenāt posted for a while but have been keeping in touch with all your posts. Iām loving the wig pics 
, you all look amazing.
Iām half way through treatment, finished my fourth EC. For those starting EC I found ginger ale was my go to for nausea and I bought a bag of mixed assortment of boiled mints from Sainsburyās which also helped. I also had the red face for a couple of days following treatment but that disappeared. The sickness, headaches would hit me about 4 hours after treatment, but I managed the side effects with the anti- sickness meds. For 3 days I would be a right pain to the rest of my family, Iām not very good at sitting still anyway and talk a lot, so whilst on steroids I was talking non stop and doing too much 
then I would crash day 5 or 6. By day 8/9 I was feeling back to myself which gave me about 6 days of normality until my next one, (my treatment is every other week).
Iām about to go on to Paclitaxel from this Thursday. Iām feeling quite anxious, despite being told itās not as strong as EC, Iām still worried about how my body will react. I know I have to go with the flow as we all know we have no choice but all those anxious feelings that I went through before I started chemo is coming back to me.
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Hi @lou6. I get that about the steroids and talking a lot! Iām the same! Iām a teacher, used to talking all day, so being at home all day is quiet for me. Itās why i write so many posts! Last day of steroids for this cycle so hoping I get some sleep tonight. I had 2 hours broken sleep last night and ended up doing christmas shopping. God knows what Iāve bought!
Like you, Iām moving to the taxane next. Mine is docetaxel and Iām nervous too.
Roll on Christmasā¦i canāt wait! Though, masectomy and radiotherapy still to come.
X
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If it helps Iāve had my first fortnightly pax and it was better than EC. I managed pretty well on EC aside from a bit of nausea and the Saturday my whole body would feel sensitive. But on pax I had it on Wednesday and was fine Thursday/friday. Saturday I did feel like I was in the starts of labour/period pain, maybe labour is a bit dramatic ha, with the stomach and back pain 
but ā¦ by Sunday I felt much better and aside from some achey legs Iām doing good! Iām going to ask re stronger pain relief for the Saturday for next time. It was sore but not totally unmanageable and passed quickly xx
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Thank you thatās useful to know. I have my oncologist appointment today to discuss my meds for next session so Iāll ask about pain relief in case of aches and pains. X
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Hi all, Iāve just finished 4 x paclitaxel and would say the main side effects I had were stomach pains and leg ache, but then I did get some peripheral neuropathy but thatās all gone now. Had my first ec on Friday and still feeling nauseous but improving. @lou6 I have just finished off a bottle of ginger cordial and have ginger ale on hand! On paclitaxel I generally felt fine for the first two days while on steroids. Itās certainly unnerving starting a new chemo drug and the not knowing all over again! Good luck all
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Anyone else have blurry vision at times? I canāt read captions and subtitles on tv that well but Iām fine close up.