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Re: Time to process
Hi @JenD, I found my AC treatment settled into a pattern, a bit weird feeling, for the first 4 days (steroids kicking in), severe fatigue for the next 4 days, and then felt almost normal the 2nd week. I was lucky to not get any nausea. My hair started to fall out on day 13, your scalp can get a bit tender, and my husband buzz cut my hair a few days later (which I had already cut short) and i had almost immediate releif. Mine took a few weeks to fall out and I was left with a bit of fuzz which never fell out, and never grew any longer. It felt like a long road at round 1, but now I've done 8 rounds of paclitaxel and I can see the end in sight! Take each day as it comes, be kind to yourself.
Katie46
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Re: Difficulties getting and moving in bed.
It named life so much easier that is for sure.
adelaide
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Re: Difficulties getting and moving in bed.
I hired one of these from the hospital. It was amazing the difference it made for me to get in and out of bed.
Locksley
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Re: Work/grief/sadness
@RedRose77 I'm learning to find a new normal. I can no longer do the old normal and now I don't want to. I pushed myself for others for long time.
Locksley
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Re: Wise words ....
The aged lady who lived next door to my mother once said ‘Thank god for daughters’. There are lots who step up but let’s hear it for daughters.
Afraser
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Re: Struggling through Chemo
Just a word on Taxol, it’s particularly hard on soft tissue - mouth, nose and eyes. By all
means have your eyes checked but tell your optometrist about treatment. Sometimes it’s best to wait until treatment has stopped before making changes to your prescription.Best wishes.
means have your eyes checked but tell your optometrist about treatment. Sometimes it’s best to wait until treatment has stopped before making changes to your prescription.Best wishes.
Afraser
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