About to start ac chemo v( petrified)
Hello ladies, next Tuesday is my last taxol treatment,then the following Tuesday ac chemo starts. I'm literally so scared I was crying the other day at the thought of it.please can you tell me your e...
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@LMK74 my experience was a little different with FEC. My first dose was awful with a lot of side effects that knocked me flat for about ten days before I started to lift from the fog and some of the side effects eased.
The second dose I started to recover after 5 days and with the help of the team had many of the side effects under control, I still couldn't drive for about a week as I couldn't focus my eyes properly or concentrate properly, but I definitely felt better.
The third dose was different again, some side effects were a little worse, some better, but recovery was slower, I expected to feel better again after 5 days, but it was more like 8 or 9.
So don't feel depressed as it isn't always the same. You might have a bad first time and good subsequent doses. Maybe you won't bounce back quite as quickly towards the end too.
I found as long as I understood what could happen, it didn't worry me so much and I just took each day as it came and if I had to spend it on the lounge with a blanket and the TV remote then so be it, that was one day out of the way, on to the next.
Someone said that chemo would fly by, it didn't for me, it was one shitty day after the next for a while, but then gradually each day was better and the relief was fantastic, I felt so good.
Week 3 was such a buzz as I felt so much better, I did lots, went out for meals as I could taste again, and generally enjoyed the feeling good.
This helped me get through the bad days straight after chemo.
I am now changing to Docetaxol, and like you am not looking forward to the unknown.
I don't know how I am going to react but we have got through one lot of chemo, we can get through this. We know a lot more about it all now.
Jennie
The second dose I started to recover after 5 days and with the help of the team had many of the side effects under control, I still couldn't drive for about a week as I couldn't focus my eyes properly or concentrate properly, but I definitely felt better.
The third dose was different again, some side effects were a little worse, some better, but recovery was slower, I expected to feel better again after 5 days, but it was more like 8 or 9.
So don't feel depressed as it isn't always the same. You might have a bad first time and good subsequent doses. Maybe you won't bounce back quite as quickly towards the end too.
I found as long as I understood what could happen, it didn't worry me so much and I just took each day as it came and if I had to spend it on the lounge with a blanket and the TV remote then so be it, that was one day out of the way, on to the next.
Someone said that chemo would fly by, it didn't for me, it was one shitty day after the next for a while, but then gradually each day was better and the relief was fantastic, I felt so good.
Week 3 was such a buzz as I felt so much better, I did lots, went out for meals as I could taste again, and generally enjoyed the feeling good.
This helped me get through the bad days straight after chemo.
I am now changing to Docetaxol, and like you am not looking forward to the unknown.
I don't know how I am going to react but we have got through one lot of chemo, we can get through this. We know a lot more about it all now.
Jennie