Breast Cancer Care Forum

hi Daisy   I am going to have a lumpectomy  and auxiliary mode clearance. I have his shoulder pain which the dr said is an side  effect of chemo. Apart from that I am feeling ok  Are they saying that you will be having chemo definitely or they will decide depending on the pathology report after surgery. How are you feeling now . Hope your side effects have reduced now    hugs   ... View more

hi    daisy - hope your health has improved now.  carisma - congrats on finishing your chemo    Tracy- hope your chemo on Friday went ok .  i had my mri on Monday and today had an appointment with my gp and they fixed my surgery on 17th June.    Hugs to everyone        ... View more

Hi Tracy   sorry to hear you are still in hospital. Hope the onco finds the reason soon for the temperature and you can return home.  Me still suffering from my side effects . This time my left side shoulder and back is paining more than my right side . Don’t know why . And the usual headache which is irritating . Hope it improves in another 2 or 4 days.  Hope others are keeping good health   hugs   ... View more

Hi Tracy   thank you for the wishes. My only prayer now a days is that everyone has to finish the chemo and all the other treatment and be cancer free forever and live a happy life for a long time .   Happy to hear that you are covid free. For the next docetaxol try to drink lot of hot water and that helped me from less side effect.  ... View more

hi vornsta   yes finished my chemo atlast . Happy with that and I can celebrate my birthday happily which is today. Hope you are doing ok.                ... View more

Hi Tracy   when was admitted in emergency  during my 4th chemo which is my first docetaxol they took covid test for me also and it came negative. So don’t worry it will be negative for you also.   Hugs   ... View more

Tomorrow I  am having my 6th chemo daisy. So little anxious when I think of having to Go through all the side effects again.  anyhow it’s the last one .  ... View more

hi daisy   sorry to hear your side effects. Hope your oncologist can find the reason for your side effects.  ... View more

hi everyone   carisma- I am doing ok . Have my blood test this Sunday for my chemo on Tuesday. Hope it goes ok.  Vornsta- half you through 👍 . For me one more to go   thomaschix - congrats on finishing  the chemo 👏 👏 🌹 🌹   Tracy- all the best for this cycle to go without any side effects daisy - hope you are feeling good now ... View more

Hi all   is anyone getting their hair back after FEC  ... View more

Hi all   hope everyone coping well   daisy- hope your first EC is not giving that much side effect and you are feeling great    thomaschix All the best for your appointment  carisma for me also it took extra week to recover when compared to fec but the suffering was less when compared to first docetaxol. one more to go next week and after that have an mri appointment on 2 Nd June and with surgery gp on 4 th June.  fingers crossed. anyhow happy that chemo is going to finish  ... View more

Daisy- happy to hear your tumour reduced in size. Hope your EC will reduce it further .   thomaschix- Happy you are feeling good in this cycle. I am hoping for the same for same thing for me as I have my 5th chemo tomorrow. ... View more

Hi All   Daisy - hope your scan went well. artycat- I was also so worried when I started docetaxol and it was little harsh on me with severe headache body pain and fever which made me to visit emergency   For the first time in my chemo time.  But I have recovered now in my 3rd week ( little bit slower than from FEC) and inching towards my 5th chemo which is on 28th. now I know what to expect from this and hope will be able to manage it.     ... View more

Hi all   Tracy- happy to hear that chemo is doing the duty perfectly.  Daisy- hope your chemo went ok today and you are feeling alright   got some relief from headache and still having cough which is a irritating thing to go through.  Hope everyone staying safe ... View more

Hi all   ah today is the lowest point of my chemo days as of now . Landed in emergency isolation ward for 8 hrs due to severe headache, body pain and a temperature of 38.1. They gave antibiotics for 7 days and discharged me late in the evening. Slept for 4 hrs and now wide awake.  where is that light at the end of the tunnel. 🧐 😪 - please come fast .  hope this phase also goes away very fast.  ... View more

Hi carisma   had my docetaxol on 7th and my injection on 9th . From the next day I started feeling pains in my joints especially my knees and shoulder. My headache is the one which is bothering me a lot as it is so severe . Waiting eagerly for these side effects to go . ... View more

Hi daisy and tracy   will pray that the scan report should give you all happy news   And daisy hope ur chemo went ok   ... View more

Hi daisy   had my 4th chemo yesterday (docetaxol). Don’t have any idea about the side effects. Dr said some side effects which may happen like fluid retention due to that may gain weight , then bone pain .  as of now I am ok. Waiting with fear in my mind.  Hope I won’t suffer with much side effects as didn’t suffer much with FEC    and I got my ultra scan report which says my tumor has reduced and I am happy with that.     ... View more

Hi all   Done my blood test and all good.  so having my 4th chemo tomorrow as scheduled . Little bit worried because this time they are giving docetaxol. Since receiving it  for the first time worried what will be the side effects, as I didn’t have too much side effects with FEC   hope this also goes well without much side effect.  all of you take Care and be safe at home. Waiting for the time when we can resume our normal life.      ... View more

Hi artycart   happy to hear yours also negative.  ... View more