Cookie, so pleased to hear your news!! Yay!! SALowery, great to hear you are back at work, although not ideally where you want to be, but hey, good for you getting out and for the fitness. I am really struggling this (LAST) cycle with fatigue... Considering I was bopping at the Take That gig!! (Just an add here, very disturbed about Manchester bombing, as this is where Take That performed, I was in that foyer, that is where I got all info to meet medics and get help, only 3 days before, it could so easily have been Take That and not Arianda Grande. Which makes it worse in that the younger audience was targeted.) I am also doing some midwifery work, as Self employed, have a baby due any day!! (Although I can not actually attend her, due to NMC crap about my inappropriate indemnity - a long story). I have another little part time employed job, which has paid me full sick pay for 6 months, but can not go back until after rads, which will probably be for best... Evie as long as you are not sedentary, and active and mobile, TED stockings are not needed as such... but such a relief to get them off! Also ginger is a bit of an anti coagulator (blood thinner) so can also help a bit if you need. Bra's, I have just ordered 3 from an US advert on Facebook - they are probably going to be crap but would like to try something. My lumpectomy scar is just where underwires dig in and even those without are rubbing - have tried stuffing folded kitchen roll there and that not helping either... But I also get shooting pains and an awful ache.. Cons says it is normal and can last months/years.... yay.... Hot flushes... I had started them before chemo, they then went off for a while but now also back with a vengence. When I had them before, "Sage" from health food shops (I bought mine online) was brill for this and worked well. As soon as this chemo cycle, has me back to normal I will be back on it!! It really took the edge off, although took about 4 days to really notice the difference. I am planning a walk this afternoon, yesterday I got fuel and had to wait 5 mins in the queue, I thought my legs were going to give way! Fatigue has been a real issue this time, although the other SE's were pretty **bleep** as well! Cardboard mouth atm and my lovely coffee tastes like drinking soil. No mouth ulcers (yet) but hands and feet hanging in there - but left hand where they cannulated for chemo a lot more swollen and nail beds are tender. The ones I cooled are good. I did suffer with water retention a lot last time, and put on 4 kgs (!!) but it disipated but am sure I can feel it coming on again.... Take care all! Amanda x
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