Morning all
How are we all this damp and grey day?
I’m off to the hospital for a quick flush … I know how to have a good time!!
Then back home to crack on with more work ?
Love and hugs to all!!
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That’s good news Otter - good luck today ???
I had a hot restless night never quite falling fully asleep but never fully awake - in a strange sleep like stasis! Still not too terrible considering and have no reason to rush out of bed today ?? apart from a nice walk before legs start to go ?:female_sign:?:female_sign:?:female_sign:Might have to wait for the rain to stop first though 
Good luck with your ?today Otter, hope all goes well for you ? ?
Ruth, hope you’re doing fine after yesterday and you manage your walk ?
Lesley good luck with your flush ??
Me, well just having brekky & 1st lot of steroids, off to see mum & then more steroids at 12pm. No I’m not nervous, much!!
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Hey ladies, just been catching up on your posts for the last few days. I’m only have no fec so don’t have the increased steroids you ladies have for t but I suffer a bit with anxiety and noticed I felt very anxious and jittery for a couple of days after stopping steroids in my first couple of cycles. I have been doing yoga and meditation each day from the beginning if treatment and have found that I haven’t been bothered with it as much cycle 3 onwards. I think just doing the regular meditation would probably help. I use the body scan on the calm app as you can set it for the period you want I usually do 15 mins when I wake up and 10 mins before bed as it helps unwind to get to sleep. Just thought I’d mention it as it might help you.
Good luck ???to all of you having treatment this week! Especially those switching drugs, Hope the chemo treats you kindly 
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Back from my flush - all good.
Another area of my skin has reacted to the dressing, so they have used a lot less dressings this time, so I have a bit more flapping about free, but it feels so much better.
Good luck to all with the ?today
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Good luck to all of you moving over to t. I’m all FEC like Meesh. I get very panicky on about day 5-6 which I have worked out is gone down from steroids which send my blood pressure very low. I find having a walk helps. Glad I don’t have to have bigger doses.
I had my first talk about rads at oncology appointment this week. I’ve opted for the 8am slot. We only live about 25 minutes walk or a short drive from the unit so it made sense to have the rest of the day free and hopefully less waiting around.
Lesley lovely, when I switched to t I just thought of it as starting over again and put the fec with fec se’s out of my head and went into this one a bit ???but thinking right only 3 more to go, and kept focused on that and my ticking off postit note in the kitchen and I’ve always broken the whole thing down into 3 weeks at a time too for the cycle. Up the carbs if you get ?arse. ???shi xx
Hope everything goes well for everyone today
I’ve never noticed anything with steroids until my last FEC as they were upped. Today is day 7 and feeling really weepy for no reason, first time I’ve actually felt like this.
Trying to stay focused on son’s GCSE revision to keep my mind active ? never thought maths would be my saviour xxx
Lesley, cassie and sue have been fine with the t ?arse don’t think either of them had that as a se. We’re having a kids from fame party on Oct thread at the minute ???shi xx
Sending all the love and luck to those making the T-ransition this week. For those of us still doing the (F)EC, we are grateful to you for going ahead and taking a peek for us. Great to hear you are out and about Otter after your first dose.
I really echo the therapeutic power of the walk. Until all this happened, walks were not really part of my life as I was always dashing from place to place and working or doing social things. I have discovered the walk since diagnosis and it has been amazing. Even when I don’t feel like it (often), it always makes me feel better, even on my most rubbish days. It has been a revelation. Who knew eh? Well, apart from all those public health people who keep telling us to walk more . . .
Thinking of you all as you head off for appointments and treatment. Cycle 4 of EC is next week for me. Cycle 3 was far from ‘third time lucky’ so I am apprehensive, but then again, I am always apprehensive! This week is for enjoying feeling human again and getting back to work. Strange, but that is surprisingly thrilling after the ups and downs over the Christmas period. A bit of routine is just what I need.
Finally Shi, I am thinking of putting together a collection of your wisdom. Your advice about thinking of the change in drugs as a new phase is one to add to my list of ‘wise things Shi has said’. Thank you. xx
Annakarenina it’s all the wise words from mai7 and the May thread ladies and tatyana and mishy18 and ali49, I’m just passing their wisdom on, I’d have been lost without them which is why I’ve shared with you all ???I’m just the one providing the gold hot pants and the ???on the Oct ???shi xx
I love the idea of a collection of collective wisdom being cascaded from monthly thread to monthly thread. It is what makes this place such a special place. Thank you to you all. x
Annakarenina it’s what everyone does, When you start this journey you never realise the love and beauty and kindness and support that will come into your life from strangers who become your lifeline, understand you in every way and give you ???
???every step ???shi xx
Otter glad to hear you are home safe and sound ?
Last day of steroids hit me full blast (in a high energy way) and as well as a nice long walk I then did 3 hours gardening ? Clocking up 16,000 steps on my fitbit and 10km ?? Tomorrow’s crash should be interesting ??? good job I Amazon primed a good bit of feminist literature to read on my bottom all day tomorrow ??
Hi all ??
I moved to ‘T’ yesterday with my first Herceptin jab.
All good today, I feel my normal self with good energy levels and no aches or pains as yet.
Oncologist said the usual side effects of T are typically flu like systems without the temperature, diarrhoea and tiredness. Symptoms kick in after a few days or more noticeable on round 2.
So far so good for me and only 2 treatments to go…woohoo ?
Good luck to those on the chemo train this week and especially those who moved to T and Herceptin.
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That is so great to hear fmb - I go tomorrow and your message has really helped. Thank you ?
I think there are 4 of us this week - you, Ruth, Otter & me. Looking forward to being 2/3 of my way through xx ???
Best wishes tomorrow JC1262 ?
I was so nervous of T and Herceptin…so although its early days, so far so good x
Good luck tomorrow JC and here are some ??? to count to help with the ???
Started my loratadine today and although feeling really good compared with FEC at this point can feel my membranes from top to tail getting a bit sore so drinking, greasing and moistening every where ??
Good luck all cocktail shakers this week xxx. Fmb I’m t and herceptin cocktail. 2nd one next week. It’s been ok. Think it was the injections that made me ache as when they stopped so did the pain yay!!!.
Lesley that looks like a wasjig although I’ve only managed a 150 piece ha.
I’ve got my appointment with surgeon next week day after cocktail so phoned the genetics team to check my results would be back before then. Nothing found woo hoo!!! Massive relief for my sister and niece phew!!!
Otter, my injections were fin…something. I found they made me ache so defo going to try the clarityn this time round x