Hi @Flaneuse. Well done on reaching the halfway mark of your chemo, and remaining sane!! I hope you arent getting too many of the horrid side effects.
The chemo stays in the system for quite a while so it is essential to stay away from anyone with sniffles .... I even had hubby wearing a face mask around strangers ... I also had him drinking copious quantities of water to help flush it out after each session .... not sure if it worked ... but he didn’t lose ALL his hair and whilst generally ‘stuffed’ from about day 4 for 2-3 days .... managed it remarkably well, I thought, as he was in his mid 70s back then - and he exercised throughout too. He is 8 years cancer free just now (he had 3/4 of his stomach removed.). So, I was sort of familiar with the system with all his treatment when I got diagnosed in early Jan.
The radiation takes about 6 weeks to ‘Work out’ (longer for some) ... your boob/chest area will actually be very warm during and after rads and some feel overwhelmingly tired/stuffed at the end! .... Back in Feb (before rads) I managed to stuff my knee and I seriously thought I’d need an arthroscope to tidy it up .... but my GP said “No surgeon will even LOOK at you whilst going thru treatment as your immune system is so compromised” ... and I didn’t even have chemo!! So I stumbled around for months with pressure bandages on the knee ... and last week, miraculously, it seems to have come good on its own!! AMAZING! WIN! Fingers crossed it stays good, cos I was almost pretending I had Tourette’s syndrome at one stage, cos 10 times a day, it would give out on me causing excruciating pain and I’d yell FUCK as I fell to the ground! LOL
Everyone is different and has varying levels of pain/anguish with all the crap we are going thru and your friend network is just so important for helping keep you sane and even getting a laugh out of you ... Keeping BUSY is the other trick, I reckon. I am not into moping around going ‘woe is me’ ... matter of fact, after a crappy start to the day and cancelling a kayak fishing outing with a buddy, it has now fined up and I am SPEWING! I may still get out!!
I am 3 weeks in to Letrozole and just feeling increased aches and pains, but tolerable at this stage. Hopefully it won’t get worse.
yep, lowering fuel prices would be a real bonus. Being rural, ALL our servos have the same price, so we can’t even shop around! :(
Take care and all the best for your ongoing treatment xx
