Hi Tina J, It is normal to have about four weeks between the last chemo and rads, but it can vary a bit. You should consult with your breast care nurse or oncologist before booking anything. Also you need to consider travel insurance, especially if you're thinking of going abroad... you may be refused while you are still having active treatment so do phone a few companies and check first. It's not such an issue if you are having a holiday in this country. Are you having FEC-T? Quite a lot of ladies find the T quite hard, I certainly did and each one was worse than the previous one! The worst symptoms kick in between 3 & 5 days after and my last one saw me unable to do much at all for about a week from the 3rd day, so the first week to ten days can be very rough! (I barely got out of bed for 4 days and spent the next few days after that on the sofa) Your immune system will still be hard hit for a good few weeks, so you'll still have to be very careful. In my personal opinion, I think it could be a bit too much for you, assuming you're having FEC-T and three cycles of each, your body will be pretty hammered by then. The main thing here is that you are going through all this gruelling treatment to rid yourself of this horrible disease and try to stop it coming back. It may be necessary to put normal life on hold for a while, to give your body a chance to rest and to deal with the treatment I would consult with your BCN or oncologist though. I didn't cold cap and had a massive hair loss about 13 days after the first FEC. I didn't really lose anything much after that and it was growing back by the time I started the T. My last T was the 21st April and I have a complete covering of hair which is about 1½ cm long. Of course, most of my eyebrows and lashes have gone! Amanda x
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