Leila34
9 years agoMember
First chemo date
So I have been given a start date for my first chemo session! Next Friday 12th August. found out yesterday it will be 3 x FEC and 12 x T instead of 4 x AC & 12 x T. Any feedback on the FEC side effec...
I had 3 rounds of FEC at the start of my breast cancer journey, just over 12 months ago, unfortunately for me I was Stage 4. I found the beginning to be information overload and confusion amongst the realisation and shock. Just try and stay calm and remember that this treatment will be doing what you need it to do. How you handle it may be different to others but I will say to follow the medication list they give you. The pre meds and anti nausea meds are very important. I completely got it all muddled up my first time and i was quite sick and nauseous. The next 2 times I was on top of the meds, took the anti nausea regularly. If you wait until you feel nauseous and take it, it will take longer for it to be effective. That's what I was told and for me, it worked and made a huge difference to how I felt. Hope that makes sense, if you want any help just message me :) It's a long day when you have your infusion so just take it slowly and I'd recommend just sipping water and have something light to see how you feel. I had mine every 3 weeks, day 3 is when I started feeling it, I recommend taking it very easy the first week and a bit, after that you will hopefully be starting to feel somewhat human again hehe I wish you all the best, you'll be fine. I've not bothered at this stage with a port, I've been having treatment every 3 weeks (not all chemo) it is purely up to you as everyones different.