Hey everyone....wishing you all a happier, healthier new year! It has been such a joy reading your posts today....the highs and the lows...I am riding them all with you. We had a quiet Christmas, just the 3 of us, hubby, daughter home from uni and me. Was in my 3rd week post EC 2nd cycle so felt good, could taste the food and had a tipple or two. Had my 3rd EC cycle on New Years Eve and am suffering a bit now. The exhaustion is like a fizzing inside my body. If I move anything the fizz comes...and not the kind of fizz I would actually like! My fingers feel like I have had them dipped in a bowl of ice and yet the flushes in the evening are an awful reminder of what I have a few months prior to diagnosis. Funny though, how the flushes have appeared in different patterns on my face! One night I looked like I had a red beard and the next my full T zone was bright red! I have also had some palpitations and my lymph nodes have swollen, with one lot in my neck looking like an egg, though I have been told it's not a worry as long as it goes back down. I found the whole hair loss thing very traumatising. My Oncologist told me straight that he didn't like the cold cap, it doesn't always work, looks like torture, hurts and takes hours out of your day....and after weeks of reading different accounts to help me decide he helped me in that minute! So I was expecting hair loss and prepared by cutting it into a short pixie style, but then the pain started, like pins in my head so bad that I couldn't lay my head on the pillow without wincing, so I ordered hubby to shave it off and the physical relief was instant, though I think emotionally it will take longer to get over. I have also had some palpitations and my teeth and gums have felt very sensitive, though luckily no mouth sores as yet. At this point I feel like I have got off lightly compared to some...though my weekly chemo starts on 21st Jan...a new drug and I am a bit frightened that it will be a whole new set of side effects that I may not manage as well. Also hubby has gone back to work today so I am a bit anxious about the whole covid situation....everyone I know seems to have it at the minute and I feel like I want to lock myself away. So glad to be in your gang ladies...warrior women!! Julia xx
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