Hi. two weeks since first TC of 4 . Initial two days brilliant then nausea fatigue poor appetite horrible dry,/thick mouth .Then after a week gradually became human again even got taste back . What a relief
I’m wondering what to expect about second cycle am I likely to experience similar or does it get worse. ?
I should be attending a wedding bank holiday weekend I’m thinking I may have to cancel xx
I’ve literally said had my 2nd dose yesterday (2 of 4 TC)
I will keep you posted but so far I feel a tiny bit better & made these changes before cycle 2:
I drank 3-4 litres of water starting 3 days before chemo and managed this again yesterday (treatment day)
Nausea not as bad and taking tabs - 1st time I woke up in the middle of the night with AWFUL nausea
I properly swished/chewed ice during the ENTIRE Docetaxel infusion and haven’t woken up with that at horrible metallic taste & taking fluconzale right away to keep mouth thrush at bay (had this cycle 1)
One thing that did change was I had an allergic reaction this time to the Docetaxel (didn’t first cycle)
There was no panic though
I noticed throat constricting & face getting super hot/husband noticed I was beetroot so we called the nurses over who paused it
Gave me my next batch of steroids early and restarted slowing after 30 min
So I would say to just take care the first 15 min as allergic reactions can esp happen after cycle 1
Can keep you posted on how I feel this weekend after I’m off the steroids 
Thanks for that please do keep me updated if you can I hadn’t thought about an allergic reaction second time around.
First time days 3-6 were a bit grim and I did think how can you keep on doing this but as soon as I had bits of day when I felt better I knew I’d keep going. So just trying to be prepared
Hope it goes o.k.for you xx
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Don’t worry about reactions per se but defo pay attention to how you’re feeling first 10-15 min 2nd time round
I just was glad to feel it quite swiftly so the nurses dealt with it
Hi @sheils
Just an update from my 2nd TC
Pretty much the same recovery timeline albeit a bit more tired than before
I did sleep a ton days 3-4 to ride out the side effects so that helped but have so far done a long walk/20 min of Pilates within a week & back to wfh too
Hope this helps when working out your plans for after cycle 2
Xx
Good to hear from you glad it’s going well I can’t imagine how you manage to wfh as well.
Had such a good day Tuesday Tynemouth lunch long walk along beach and ice cream
10000 steps but crashed yesterday ,
although managed to go collect wig oh and a short walk to ice cream parlour (building up before chemo !)
Second of 4 tomorrow I expect to be really tired as I all ready am but that’s dealable.
How many cycles are you going to have ?
Thanks for update and hope you’re keeping well and having treats x
I’m having 4 so technically halfway 
But it feels to be going slowly
(Unlike my hair loss which just won’t stop) ugh