Hi Oggy, I'm so sorry to hear of your prognosis and I'm thinking of you x I am currently on Eribulin, but I'm afraid I don't know anything about Vinorelbine, so can only give you my experience of the first. A plus side of Eribulin is that it only takes a short time to administer, about 10 minutes, so in theory with a flush before and after, you are only in 'the chair' for about 30 minutes. I have to take 4 steroid tablets just beforehand, but don't need anymore and the only meds I bring home are anti-sickness-so far I've been fortunate and haven't been sick. (Although I do wear travel sickness bands on chemo day and for a few days afterwards, so I don't if they're making a difference) I find on chemo day (mine was yesterday) I feel a bit weary afterwards, but then can't always sleep because of the steroids! Then today and tomorrow, I'm fine pottering indoors, but not got a lot of energy (although last Wednesday I did go out for a while and felt fine) and then by Thursday I'm feeling more like myself, but I do feel fatigued quite easily. I'm 61, so that might make a differnce! A positive of this chemo is that it's two weeks on, one off and I've found that's helped me physiologically. I have got some peripheral neuropathy in my toes and fingers, but I don't think this chemo has made it any worse as it never completely went from when I had chemo in 2017. I find my mouth gets dry for the first few days after chemo. On a plus side, my hair is growing back, I thought losing it was a side effect! I'm having a scan sometime this week and will get the results next week when I see my oncologist, so I don't really know how it's working yet-I've had a return of the breast cancer plus a 'nibble' in my sternum and a few lung mets. On the surface though since starting Erubilin I can see a huge difference in my breast, (mine is external) the lumps look like they're dying and have decreased in size. I'm no longer in pain, just a bit of discomfort sometimes-I was taking over the counter medication previously. Yesterday was the second of my 3rd cycle, but I saw and felt a difference by the second part of my 1st cycle. This might not be purely due to the chemo though as I had four sessions of radiotherapy just before I started it. Btw, I did get a second opinion at Guys (my consultant at the hospital was happy for me to do so and actually recommended the consultant to me) and it was him that suggested Erubilin and the radiotherapy, which my hospital had said no to! So, don't know if that is another avenue for you to possibly consider? Sorry to have rambled on, but hope it's of some help to you, Jencat x
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