LouP, the F part is just another drug, not everyone has it, i also had a lumpectomy after my chemo, just to give you a boost, after my first chemo my lump shrank significantly, it was very heartening and by the end of chemo it had gone, when i had my pre surgery scan it wasnt there and i was " a total response to chemo", not sure if you had or will have a wire put in before chemo, this is so the surgeon can tell where the cancer was after the chemo! On my first chemo i was beyond terrified and the lovely nurse who administered it said to think of chemo as " The good stuff" which sees off the cancer, as i said its the perception of chemo which is worse than the actual event, for the Fec/Ec part a nurse sits in front of you with your arm on a pillow and administers it with a syringe- totally painless! It takes about 30 minutes, unless you are cold capping, i didnt do this as didnt want to be stuck there for about 3/4 hours, also get migraines! I bought a very good wig from a company called Amore, it looked just like my own hair and people didnt know unless i told them, i also wore beanies in the house, a company called anabandana are very good as are hats4head. It is upsetting losing your hair, but it grows again very quickly, by christmas 2014 mine was a short pixie style.
