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Karen_T
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12 years ago

Crazy two days - Part One

Wow. Talk about a full on two days! I saw my oncologist yesterday and a fertility specialist today. I have broken them up into two posts though as WAY too much to fit into one.

The Oncologist meeting went better than I was expecting. Think I was SO prepared for it to be absolutly horrible that it was a nice surprise when it wasnt as bad as I was imagining.

My treatment menu starts with

Chemo 'TC'  for approx 3 months (one intravenous sitting every 3 weeks for 4 'serves')

Radiotherapy for 6 weeks and Tamoxifen for 2 years.

The first happy surprise for me was that you only have to sit for 2-3 hours each dose of chemo and that they are spaced 3 weeks apart! I was imagining all day hooked up a couple of times a week so very happy to have been so very wrong on that front!

Next was the fact I could do Tamoxifen for 2 years instead of the 5 I had originally been told.  This means that by the time this is done and we can try for starting a family I will have just turned 37 instead of 40.

I was also expecting the list of side effects to have been split up diffently. Some side effects I thought would be common were actually listed in the 'uncommon' section so it gives me hope to avoid them (*crosses fingers and toes!)

My oncologist reccomended a book for me which I am going to try buy tomorrow titled: One Piece of Advice.

My wound was checked and my surgeon is happy with how it is healing. I have a small area with 'loss of skin' that is a bit tender still but it will get there eventually.

Yesterday I was happy all good 'on top' of things. Today - the complete opposite.........

 

2 Replies

  • My treatment was similar to yours, 4 chedcmos, 30 radiations and then for me 10 years tamoxifin, I was on Arimidex but had terrible side effects so they swapped me.

    Good luck with it all, the thing I have learnt throughout my journey, is that everything may change and to be prepared for that, also we are all different and our reactions to the treatments may vary.

    Take care

    Donna

  • My treatment was similar to yours, 4 chedcmos, 30 radiations and then for me 10 years tamoxifin, I was on Arimidex but had terrible side effects so they swapped me.

    Good luck with it all, the thing I have learnt throughout my journey, is that everything may change and to be prepared for that, also we are all different and our reactions to the treatments may vary.

    Take care

    Donna