Hey all! Jools I’m glad my post helped! There’s no rhyme or reason to the side effects! Getting real scanxiety now as feeling twinges in my chest… Anyone with lung mets get twinges? Hopefully it’s the chemo attacking the nodules… Really hoping xx
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Thanks everyone!!! Yeah Nicky I have packets of tissues everywhere!!! Hehe xx
Hey! Just back from clinic… My lung nodules are now gone! And the pleural effusion I had is also gone! They think the effusion was more due to infection rather than cancer so that’s good! So I’m very happy! Chemo has done its job! Xxx
Thanks everyone! So relieved it’s working! I’d convinced myself it wasn’t xx
Morning all how’s everyone doing?
Hey Ellie I’m glad everything went well! I have to see my surgeon next week about surgery, I was secondary from the start so not sure what he is going to say… Hope they offer surgery as I think I’d rather know my primary has all been removed… It’s all so hard!!
Had my first solo H and P last week without the dreaded docetaxel and my goodness I’m SO stiff!!! I never had the tax aches everyone talks about but since last week my legs are painful (especially my calves) anyone else have this? My calves feel the same as if I’ve had really bad cramp and have the residual ache that lasts a couple of days… Oh and my feet/ankles keep swelling! Other than that it’s great to know I’m finished tax now… Xxx
Thanks that helps a lot! I was a bit worried that I seemed to have more pain after stopping the tax and continuing on just H and P and was wondering how this could be?! Tax is the nasty one!
Hi all, yeah mum is doing OK, she is just constantly exhausted and it seems to be worsening the more treatments she has although she does try to go for a walk everyday she says it feels like she’s walking through treacle. She’s never been able to have docetaxol so this is just from the h&p. Think she’s getting fed up of hospital, blood tests, heart tests every 3 weeks but hopefully she will get used to it. Other than the exhaustion she seems to be doing OK hoping that the warmer weather is part of the reason for the zapped energy and when it gets cooler she will feel a bit better.
Hi all can I ask if anyone gets hot flushes with just h&p mum says she is constantly getting them and hasn’t got an onc appointment for a while yet
Hey, I get hot flushes but I’m not sure if it’s the h&p or the residual effects of the docetaxel as I only had my last one 6 weeks ago. My oncologist hasn’t put me on tamoxifen which stops the ovaries so maybe the h&p does similar? Not sure! Keep meaning to ask my oncologist but forget
Mum’s on tamoxifen too, forgot about that
Tamoxifen definitely gives hot flushes! A lot of the girls I know had awful hot flushes on them, apparently some have had acupuncture and reflexology to help
So do you not take tamoxifen ellie
Mum feels exhausted a lot of the time do you?
Also what is it from.Holland and Barrett you take
Has anyone on here got bc with spread to the liver, on h and p but not had chemo please.mum’s trying find someone the same as her
Thanks
Mum’s had an appointment with the oncologist today, everything is fine except from she now has enlarged ovaries. She is on tamoxifen which I’m now worrying about as seen it can cause cysts and cancer in the ovaries!!!
Anyone else had enlarged ovaries? Mum has not been through the menopause yet
She are gonna do an internal ultrasound
Sorry ellie that was supposed to be they are planning to do an internal ultrasound