December chemo starter

Going through breast cancer treatment Chemotherapy monthly threads
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Very nervous about starting chemo Monday (2nd December) and panicking a bit now, and feeling very unprepared. Just been reading about nail care and the benefits of wearing black nail varnish during chemo to prevent nail damage and discolouring. Not sure whether this is a myth or not and whether it has to be ordinary nail varnish or a special sort. I never wear nail varnish normally. One thing I read said it had to be water based and acetone free. Too late to ask the breast nurse now as there is nobody available at weekends. Has anybody else heard about this? I am so unprepared I haven’t even bought any headscarves or anything. Just dreading Monday.

Mc

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Hi,

I’m in the same boat! Seeing my oncologist for the first time on 2nd Dec and have been told I’ll likely be starting chemo on Tues 9th.  I’ll be following this thread closely for any advice ?.

I had metaplastic triple neg BC was cut out with clear margins (thankfully) 2 weeks ago, so now chemo a radiotherapy to hopefully prevent recurrence.

It’s such a scary situation isn’t it? But we’ll get through it, happy to be here to compare notes.xx 

Are you chemo pre op or post op?