Hi Ladies
I hope everyone is still feeling well and coping with whichever stage of the treatment you are at.
@Heels to walking boots huge congratulations on your marriage, what a wonderful thing to be able to do and I am so glad you were well enough for your special day, you certainly have a memory like no other!
@Trowster wow getting out on your bike, how fabulous, and your photo's are great.
@JessicaB I'm so sorry to hear you haven't been able to start your treatment yet, but regardless of when you start you are still a valuable member of the June group.
@hopeful1974 sounds like you have this treatment cycle sorted, I am so pleased your treatment has been better than the first lot of chemo.
@GonnaGetThruThis congratulations on your 20th wedding anniversary, sounds like you had a lovely day and you are managing well.
@Louise65 glad to hear you seem to have overcome your problems and good luck with your treatment on Friday.
@Impatience really hope you are starting to feel better and your positive attitude is so amazing after all you have been through, having read all your recent posts I am thinking to myself I need to be more like you!
@Flower123 so sorry to hear you are feeling rubbish, if there is one thing I have learned from my personal journey it is to get help sooner rather than later, the team are there to help you, but they can only do it if you let them, so don't hesitate to give them a call as soon as you feel you are not coping. You'll see below why I am saying that.
Ok so this is why I haven't posted recently, I had to be admitted to hospital on Friday as I had acute kidney injury caused by the nausea and diarrhoea and ended up having 4 x 8 hour saline drips and 2 x 10 hours over the course of Saturday till Monday, during this time I still continued to have diarrhoea, so stool samples were sent off, all my results have come back negative for infection, the outcome was I was discharged yesterday and have seen the oncologist today, they have delayed my treatment from next Tuesday to Thursday (as Imp said gulp!) and will lower the dosage, I now have a mouthwash which has helped tremendously, also have changed my antisickness from metocloprimide to cyclizine (as yet untested) and I will have additional steriods to take over day 4 and 5 not sure of dose yet, but they will give them me after my treatment. The Dr today advised me that I am what they call a delayed sickness type, basically my nausea doesn't start until 4 or 5 days after treatment. He has reassured me they will keep a careful eye on me with this next treatment and if I still am not tolerating it well they will look at other options. So I am putting myself in their hands and praying the next round will be kinder to me and my poor hubbie, who quite frankly has been amazing in all of this, we have been married 42 years next Wednesday (7th) and he's still with me god knows why! Hopefully we will get a meal to celebrate though it may be a take away/delivery. We are also going away in the caravan from Friday to Tuesday as we both need a good break.
My hair is now falling out at a rate of knots, so I have an appointment on Friday morning to get what's left of it shaved and they are going to paint my nails with my dark nail varnish in readiness for my next treatment.
A couple of you commented about age and fitness, I really don't think BC takes account of any of that, my sister has had BC twice first time age 37 she had to have a mastectomy, she had DCIS over a large area but required no further treatment, then again at 52 but it was IDC that time and hormone positive, so opted for Mastectomy again, and has been on hormone therapy since, but no other treatment and she is now 65 . Whereas I am 62 and have IDC which is triple positive so totally different treatment again. Our Breast Cancers are different and there is no common gene, so it is simply a matter of luck I have decided.
I hope you are all feeling well and rested tonight and good luck to those of you having treatment on Friday. To everyone else stay strong.
Love to all Yvonne xxx
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