Has Anyone Given Up on Chemo?
Hard Question that I am having. I was diagnosed with IDC stage 2 ER-PR- and HER2+VE. Mastectomy done a week after diagnosis clear surgical margins. Cancer lump was 2.5cm with 1.5cm surrrounding DC...
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Hi all, I want to thank you for all your input recently when I posed such a difficult question.
So I finally decided to finish the chemo race by completing the fourth one yesterday. It was such a struggle to decide I drifted from yes to no and no to yes every day last week. Finally last Friday morning, had a really good chat with hubby who was so good to speak some logic into me and helped me decide that I would. Yes i was very scared of the rash that would come back but I would also feel incomplete (as my brother called it) if I quit at no 3.
So here's praying that I do fine this cycle and no rash will find me.
Can't help but feel tired more esp at the third week of cycle three. The tiredness can just set upon me out of the blue at the dining table and it happened again at lunch today. This morning I was good and was able to even get out into the garden to plant some bulbs with my son.
Right after chemo yesterday I had really bad fluid retention (esp with three drugs pumped in). Legs like lead and I think an elephant can run faster than me lol. But it's all gone now with pee marathon overnight. Lots of water intake helped as well.
Thanks lovelies for all your replies here. xxx
So I finally decided to finish the chemo race by completing the fourth one yesterday. It was such a struggle to decide I drifted from yes to no and no to yes every day last week. Finally last Friday morning, had a really good chat with hubby who was so good to speak some logic into me and helped me decide that I would. Yes i was very scared of the rash that would come back but I would also feel incomplete (as my brother called it) if I quit at no 3.
So here's praying that I do fine this cycle and no rash will find me.
Can't help but feel tired more esp at the third week of cycle three. The tiredness can just set upon me out of the blue at the dining table and it happened again at lunch today. This morning I was good and was able to even get out into the garden to plant some bulbs with my son.
Right after chemo yesterday I had really bad fluid retention (esp with three drugs pumped in). Legs like lead and I think an elephant can run faster than me lol. But it's all gone now with pee marathon overnight. Lots of water intake helped as well.
Thanks lovelies for all your replies here. xxx