Starting chemo on 16th March
Well the dreaded chemo is about to begin !!!
4x3 weekly AC and 12 X 1 weekly Paclitaxel.
Anyone else been through this and can give me any ideas what to expect and how you coped. My husband ha...
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Sorry to hear you are going through this. Everyone reacts differently with chemo so you won't know till you do it but put as much support in place as you can before you start.
I also had 4 x 2 weekly AC and the 12 x 1 weekly paclitaxel.
AC wasn't much fun but went something like:
Chemo on monday morning. Nausea started late afternoon (start taking that dexmathosone before the nausea gets hold of you!) and for me, continued till Friday. Lots of sleep, felt better lying down than being upright. Started tapering off over Sat/Sun. Starting to feel human on Monday. Then the rest of the week was normal, although I tired easily. See if you can get someone to help on "chemo" week as you may be feeling pretty miserable (sorry to say). You can probably manage on the non-chemo weeks. First round was not as intense as the rest.
Paclitaxel wasn't too bad - didn't really experience any nausea. Lots of tiredness and vague-ness though. Numb fingertips a bit. Make sure you let your doctor know about that as they may adjust the dose.
Hope that helps. Wishing you all the very best xx