Getting ready for Chemo, any advice?

Hi Sabina,  I finished chemo about 2 and a half years ago.  I had a course of 4 FEC treatments over twelve weeks then followed by 12 taxol treatments, along with herceptin and perjeta.  It was long and gruelling but eventually, almost unbelievably, you finally get there.  I had a port in and would definitely recommend this as the endless jabs for blood and lines does not get easier over time.  I did the head freezing initially during the FEC but then stopped because my hair all fell out anyway.  However, it started to come back during the weekly taxol, so the nurses urged me to give it another go.  Gotta say I hated it, particularly as my hospital also gave me frozen mittens and my well meaning sister brought in frozen eye pads to help preserve my eyebrows.  I landed on the idea of taking along some of the sedatives that my oncologist had given me early in my treatment and found having taken them, that I could doze off for a couple of hours which was brilliant.
My main recommendation would be to try to keep exercising during the chemo.  Initially, I felt I could hardly get off the couch but once I got going, it really helped me to feel better and like i was human again.  Walking in the parks was beautiful but I particularly came to love my bicycle.  I'd read that it was good to exercise on the day of chemo to get your circulation and metabolism all activated and ready to maximally soak up the chemo so I'd try to fit in a 30-45 minute ride before going to the hospital.  As my chemo was neoadjuvant (before surgery), I was able to monitor its effects upon my tumour and at the end of the first three months, the tumour was no longer palpable which was amazing and by the end of the six months the MRI was normal.  My treatment was fantastic but I definitely think that the exercise played a big part.  It will feel like a very long haul at the time but hang in there and hopefully before long it will all be in your rear vision mirror.  Fiona x