Keeping up the fluids might help with the headaches
Mamadeacs. I seem to get one if I let my intake slip.
Thanks for the tip Chaffinch, I’ll try and increase.
Good luck with your bloods Kirsty, mine are tomorrow.
Have a good day everyone xx
Outbreak alert!! I have the most horrendous acne that has suddenly come up on my cheeks!! Anyone experienced Else experienced this??? X
1st chemo done it went well
Home now to rest and to get spoilt (hopefully)
I had spots that all broke out on my nose and chest about a week to a week and a half after 1st treatment, bought tea tree and witch hazel face wash and they have cleared up now x
Well done Karebear!! Plenty of rest and fluids 
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Ok thanks Kirsty- will give that a go! It’s flared up really badly!! Xx
I woke up with 4 pussy spots on my nose all at the one time ? and I dont normally get spots, so panicked a bit when chest broke put too but face wash I bought seemed to dry them up. Another crappy side effect of this sh@t x
Well done Karebear, rest up now and remember to drink loads.
sam, Kirsty I also came up in a few pussy whiteheads on my cheeks cycles 1 and 2 and I don’t normally suffer with spots either. Don’t seem to have had them cycles 3&4 although came up in a rash across my chest last week which resulted to trip to chemo unit, all ok now! This is just the ? that keeps on giving ?
1st chemo done it went well
Home now to rest and to get spoilt (hopefully)
I didn’t sleep much last night
Am just waiting on something bad on happen
It’s a weird feeling knowing what going though your body ?
Hi Karebear I didn’t sleep well after 1st chemo either, think it’s brain going into overdrive and steroids. It was better next night though. Lesley’s advice is good don’t do what I did went Christmas shopping then crashed n burned exhausted. Crap tv lots of fluids and rest. Feel better soon. I’m in again tomorrow for Christmas chemo cocktail let’s wait and see what week 2 brings. Take very good care of yourself. ?
Hi Karebare, I also didnt sleep well on the night of first Chemo, maily due to them giving the big bag of IV steroids at about 4pm I think. The following night was better as had my steroid tablets with breakfast and lunch instead of late on in the day. Def drink lots to flush things round, I waited and waited on side effects to hit and felt like I was waiting for a train to hit and luckily nothing really happened, so try to relax and take each day as it comes instead of expecing and waiting on all sorts of things that may not happen. Round 2 for me tomorrow as well! Take care x
So just had a call from the hospital to tell me my neutophils are too low from my bloods yesterday morning, so I have to go in early tomorrow before my treatment to get repeat bloods done, so frustrating! as I feel totally fine. And I have been eating mauka honey every day as well lol. They were at 0.54 and need to be up to 1, anyone any idea if they can go up that much in the space of a few days? x
Hi Kirsty, have you had course of filgrastim injections to take at home? I know some ladies have them and others don’t depending on which trust they are with, might be worth asking for them if you don’t have them. They say ther is nothing you can do to get neutraphils up, but I’ve been on a steak a day and also taking Life Mel honey twice a day as my neutraphils went to Florida on the first round so That and I had my dose lowered to 80% has helped so far with neutraphils since. Hope that helps a bit and wishing you luck for tomorrow when the re-test. A nurse did tell me too that they can just shoot up by next day too. ??
shi xx
Hi Kirsty 5 injections on fec is standard in some trusts, ask for them, they should help. When you go onto t you should have 7 injections. Also ask to get re-weighed, I’d lost weight from when I met onc to having my first fec so it was too much as they work out Chemo meds on your weight. I know another lady on the Oct thread with me eats liver to help with hers too. We’ll try anything to keep the neutraphils up ???good luck for tomorrow???shi xx
Oh yeh and mine went to 0 and I got a uti and was in casa nhs for 6 days, onc did let me out when they were 0.5 and by the following week they were back up to over 4, so if you do get a delay, enjoy Christmas and then get back onto dec’s train or rollercoaster, I don’t know what you ladies have on your thread? On Oct we have a ? and nov have a ???shi xx
My injections stayed at 5 despite switch as 5 seem to be doing the job xx
Wow that is low! ?? but just shows how fast they can revover if back to 4 the following week. Cool thanks I will ask about them if still too low tomorrow, thanks xx
Hi ladies. Looks like I’m joining the club that no one wants to be in ?
I had my first EC yesterday. I’m having 3 cycles and then 3 cycle of doxy-something. I am wiped out today and feel rubbish.
I have grade 3 cancer with1 lymph node involvement. I am having genetic testing to see whether I have that dodgey BRACA gene and if I do it’s a double mastectomy and ovaries out for me.
I only got my diagnosis on 5th December and am really struggling. Every ache and pain I think is proofthe cancer has spread and I’m months away from dying.
I was doing ok up until today but have given in and am in bed crying away, feeling guilty that my 5 children don’t have their strong mum around anymore.