Morning lovely people just en route to chemo 1 wearing a woolly hat knitted by my mom to keep my shaved head warm
Wore a wig last night when I went out for hubby birthday but my head was really hot lol xx
Good luck Sue xxx
Good luck Sue and everyone else starting today. Am also en route and kind of keen to just get going. Hope I don’t get an Argos trainee though !! Love to all xx
Good luck Sue, Jellytot and everyone else starting today. We’re all thinking of you!
Runnerbean how’re you feeling today? I meant to ask yesterday, apart from the DVT how have you been feeling?
Good luck to all todays starters xx
I seem to have a really good day then I’m shattered the next day! I have a cold and cough and feel achey and tired this morning. I wonder how i am going to get through 7 lots of chemo if this is all after 1. I am day 17 and my 2nd chemo is next Wednesday! Does anyone else feel like this pr is it just me xx
Good luck Sue & Jelly tot ?Sending you some positive vibes and smiley faces to help you ??
Hat wise are you talking woolly? I’m not liking the idea of a wig all the time but also don’t want to look like a cancer victim hat wearer!!!
Im worried I sound like an alcoholic too lol!! I think it’s just the fact I run a pub and i thought I’d find not drinking difficult…I think we are allowed the odd wine or g&t but people I have spoken to have said it has made them feel a bit strange and I think we have enough strange feelings to contend with!! My brother has just messaged me to say he’s making boozy cake for my Big Pink party next Friday ?
Have woken up this morning and everything feels dry…dry mouth, dry throat, dry eyes…
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Good luck to all those starting chemo today, it really won’t be as bad as you think. I have a busy day today including my first wig fitting. Don’t forget your drinks and something to entertain yourself. Hopefully no Argos trainees either! Xx
Yes a knitted woolly beeny hat ?
Mrsrims also starts today I believe jelly tot good luck we can compare notes later ? and I best not get an argos trainee either x
Hi Meesh73, apart from the DVT I feel pretty good. The pain from that has gone with the medication so one week on the worst I can say is I’m still a bit tired and my throat is sore. I hope the next sessions follow a similar pattern as it gives me hope I can still get to do the things I enjoy while having treatment xx
Ladies
Just wanted to wish you all well with your chemo today. Helena xxx
Like that idea Sue!!
i bet one of you will be asking the nurse if they have ever worked in Argos now ?
Good luck girlies…look forward to hearing how you get on later xxx
Runnerbean, I know the DVT must’ve been a big blow especially with thought of the daily injections but at least you’re not too apart from that so that’s something good to focus on!
Karana, I know what you mean about not wanting to look like a cancer patient. I have a crocheted slouchy hat I made last winter and plan to make some more I think, as I’m not really happy with the ones I’ve bought. I’ve been wearing it already as with the cold capping I’m only washing my hair once a week and by the end of the week it looks pretty rough!
let us know how you go today ladies!
Best wishes SueW, Jelly Tot and mrsrims and any other chemo starters today.
I think the good day followed by bad day thing is true because we tend to seize the good days and do a lot so we pay the following day. I actually felt close to normal until just before bed last night then I crashed and felt queasy had some banana and yoghurt and went straight to bed slept well and just feel a bit tingly and tired this morning. My sleep pattern has returned to normal which is good but I’m having to be strict with myself to keep it that way. Bed at 11-12 up at 8-9 no naps. I find if I try to go to bed earlier I can’t sleep and once I’m awake that’s it.
Off out to see Hollie McNish a spoken word poet at our local literature festival tomorrow evening, I’m looking forward to it. It’s the only event which we booked this year normally we do quite a few. I’ll be the one in the corner in the surgical mask ? lol
Hi chaffinch, you’re probably right with the doing more on the good days. I’ve been lucky as I seem to have good days all this week and am more or less back to normal apart from my sleep. I don’t normally have a problem with that but I either can’t get to sleep or I wake up at 3-4 and then can’t back to sleep again. Last night I probably nodded off at about 12 but I did manage to sleep until 6.
My sleep pattern has been ok. Been getting around 8 hours per night. Only had afternoon naps the first couple of days after chemo. Though I didn’t have any steroids to take after chemo so I think that helped. Last 2 mornings I’ve woken up with a headache which wears off. I tend to feel better later in the day. I’ve been working from home this week which has been good to keep my mind ticking over.
Hi Cassie, I’ve not had any afternoon naps at all either, although I have expect that’ll change as I get further into the treatment. I’m also working from home this week and planning to go into the office next week. I was on steroids for the first 3 days after chemo but was told to take them all first thing in the morning (probably why no naps during the day)!
Just got out feel ok at the moment already got red wee lol x
The red wee comes and goes very quickly.
Hopefully you will be at the ?Bakewell end of the side effects scale. Just take it easy for the rest of the day and drink loads x
The red wee was so strange. At any other time it would send us straight to A&E.
Hoping to get out and about this weekend. Make the most of the nice weather.
Thanks Mai!
Well done SueW, yes I was surprised at how quickly I had the red wee, but it does go fairly quickly too, especially if you drink loads. I hope you are at the cherry end of the scales too for the SEs. Take it easy now the worst is over hopefully!