Pre Step 5
I was in the middle of writing a loooong and whiny post when I had a technical glitch and lost the lot - very glad you were all spared my self indulgent melancholy.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
I hope this finds all as well as possible and that you've been able to, as I have, luxuriate in some precious time with people that you love and who love you back.
For me 2016 brings the onslaught of treatment. Mastectomy late in November seems very long ago. And Xmas brings with it a long period of forced inaction for better or worse. The days before Xmas I met with both my medical and radiation oncologists for planning. My husband had the good sense to say no to starting treatment immediately and insisting that I take some "time-off" to rest and prepare for the next part of the carnival ride.
So this coming Friday will be my first chemo treatment. Some reading of other ladies blogs leads me to believe it won't be too bad. I hope that this is the case, but if your experience has been anything beyond that, please tell me so I don't have a rose coloured view of the coming weeks. I'm interested to hear everyone's version of this step. I was a bit shocked when Dr told me that my hair would fall out during first cycle. I hadn't expected it would be so fast! I was so shocked that I didn't ask what other hair would fall out too! If someone could fill in those blanks for me I'd be very grateful ??