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Hi Sarah!, I'm soooo sorry you have to find yourself in this situation. However, as scary as it is you will get to the other side. It will take some time and a lot of energy, but the result is worth it. I'm now 37, diganosed at 36 in January Last year, I have a 14 year old daughter (then 13) and I'm a single mum. I had a double mastectomy, then two fertility treatments, then 6 rounds of chemo, then reconstruction surgeries and am on tamoxifen now for 10 years. It wasn't easy at all BUT I'm on the other side and now focusing on recovery. You will get there too!!! Hugs and kisses! xxx Julia ... View more

Where are the like buttons here? ))) I totally agree with you, guys. ... View more

Hi Ladies, well, no sleep second time around even with the sleeping pills. The dexamethasone is really strong, keeps nausea away but deprives any sleep at all. The Neulasta shot itself is fine, it's the pain I had for a couple of days after it last time. But it is of course possible that this time it's different.   Kate, good luck next week! I'm very sure your good week will be good. If it is ok now, it will only get better until the next infusion. Try to enjoy as many things as you can especially good food 🙂   La-La, well done one your shot! wow. I also did the shots of different types for my self for several weeks because I was going through fertility preservation treatment. It was a bit scary at the beginning but later on I became a real pro and could do that with my eyes shut.   Let this all treatment bring us a lot of health and long years ahead. xxx. Julia ... View more

Hi ladies! Thanks so much for your responses! I really hope it goes much better for all of us in the future. I'm back home from the second session. Yey!!! My chemo brain is all around me, no concentration whatsoever. But luckily no nausea. Tomorrow I'm having the neulasta shot, that's gonna be painful but doable. No sleep still. But tonight I'm going to take a sleeping pill to try and manage it. My hair started to fall out day 13 after the first chemo so I just shaved it off. It's not yet gone completely, I look like a leopard ))) but every day I lose more and more of it. My lady garden has gone completely, which is handy as I may save up on waxing now ). In any case I hope I can keep my taste and smell for a couple of more days as then it will be gone and everything will taste like paper for a while. But still 1/3 done!!!! Yey!!! Even side effects font matter anymore 🙂 ... View more

Hi ladies, I'm not really sure to which group I belong as I started my chemo on April 29 and do not quite practically fit to the group there as some of the ladies having their third chemo already and I have just started. Luckily I have my second session today and hope it is much better this time than the last one. I should not complain much though as I did not have nausea (which was my biggest nightmare), but had some big troubles with fever, pain all over, no sleep for 8 days, terrible night sweats (had to change my sheets 6 times a night). Well, in any case, it's all doable, hard but doable. And I'm so happy later today I will be able to say 1/3 is done! Wishing you all luck and health and I'm very grateful you are all here (well, that sound super weird, I know). xxx, Julia ... View more

omg, the chemo brain hit me big time and i've lost all sense of smell and taste. it all happened gradually in the course of today. i'm wondering what's more to come 😞 ... View more

Coco, that's just great :*, yey!   Good morning everyone, still red me, hehe, no proper sleep yet either. today no medication, so steroids are out of the waym that should give me my sleep back, but hopefully it does not bring the nausea.   Have a great and SE-free day! xxx ... View more

Whenmy, sorry you're nauseous 😞 I really hope it gets better very soon! Jane, great. But the sleep is my problem too, steroids are evil. I need to ask for some sleeping pills next time. Night 4 without a sleep ahead 😞 Minty, yes, I do get the shot, but I thought the pain would not be in the lower back somehow. Don't know why. But I took some painkillers and it's better. Congratulations on the second down, yey!!!!!! In the meantime I feel soooo high, it's really exhausting, lost my taste completely, everything tastes as soap but very hungry. So I just eat "soap" all the time, lol. Good weekend to everyone. Xxx ... View more

I just checken their website! They look gorgeous! Congrats! Anybody had lower back pain as a SE? It started today and I don't know if it's my back or kidneys (feels to be at a lower place than kidneys are). Should I just take some pain killers or call the doctor or just wait and see! It's not horrible, but it's there. ... View more

Jane, that's great!!! Congrats!!! ... View more

Dears, you are all so strong!!! Minty, good luck today! And well done Molliana and 1981mum! I'm super happy for you. If I could also have had two already, 1/3 of the way! Cocolily, I'm sorry you don't feel that great 😞 it will pass. What anti sickness are you on? Emend does indeed seem to help. I'm 3d day post chemo 1, I'm a bit different in the regimen, they give me TAC. So far I just could not sleep. But this night my body just switched off and gave me a 6 hour break. I have a headache and feel like I'm hungover, but nothing more serious so far, just can't sleep and am super red. A nurse came by yesterday to give me a neulasta shot to stimulate white blood cell production. So far so good. Looking forward to these several months' end. Xxx ... View more

Huneebee, I hope it all does improve!!! And I'm sure Newey it will work out for the best.  How are you doing today Molli? Hazelr, your words give hope! It's 28 hours post chemo, no nausia still and I hope it does not count. But I'm a super red and juicy tomato, LOL. xxx ... View more

Тhanks so much for the tips Mint and 1981!!! And Minty good luck to you tomorrow too (I'm sooooo jealous 🙂 hehe). XXX ... View more

Molli! You are amazing, I really admire you. It's gonna get better, it's only temporary, it's saving your life! xxx ... View more

Also I would like to ask you for a tip for a suscreen, a quick one if you have by your hand. Which one is better to wear as now it gets really sunny. Also what do you put on your face and sulp? Do you cover full body or only part, which may be directly affected by the sun. ... View more

1981mum and Molliana, good luck today!!! I hope everything goes smooth.   First night after chemo, slept only 4 hours, the steroids I'm getting won't let me sleep, which is exhausting. But I'm also grateful that it is the most uncomfortable side effect I'm getting so far. I feel as if I have a light flu, some temperature, my face is super red 🙂 my stomach feels weird, I feel like I'm strating to bloat but luckily no nausea or vomiting, yey! I really wish it stays like this and does not get worse.    So now as I have no sleep in my eyes I just decided to do something, like clean my long task list of administrative staff, some important, some not. But the anticipation of chemo made me so anxcious that I pretty much did only what was absolutely unavoidable and the rest was left behind. Now I can do that. ... View more

thank you for your replies ladies! you sound so reassuring and profi!!! 🙂 I'm very happy you are around. and hope you have good times during the treatment. i sooooo don't want to throw up and so hope i won't. well, cup of tea for now and a movie. xxx ... View more

Hi everybody! T3D! Very good news and thank you for the tips! I just came home from the first session. Yes!!! One down, 5 to go. So far nothing. I feel completely ok. I wish it could stay like this forever ))) do you know when can the side effects start hitting me? ... View more

Thank you Hannah! Sounds inspiring! I'm very happy you are holding up ok. Can't sleep. But I dont' think it's because I'm too nervous now. I think it's the streoids I started taking yesterday. I just cannot fall asleep. So after many hours of trying just decided to wake up andperhaps blog a bit or do something else. ... View more

Thank you Huneebee! I really try to keep my hopes up. And reading this thread helps a lot! 😘 ... View more