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Recently diagnosed
Hi all I am new here and while would have preferred not to know about this network, I have found comfort and such helpful advice in the My Journey resources and these posts. I am a 64YO wife, mothe...
Bad luck and wishing you all the best for treatment and recovery. It’s quite possible to work through chemo, problem is that you won’t know till you start. Chemo
reactions are hugely unpredictable. So it’s best to have a plan A and B!
I took a day off off work for A/C (three weekly for three months) but only a half day for Taxol (weekly) - my work location was close to day oncology. I had no nausea or fatigue. I did lose my hair, had peripheral neuropathy with Taxol and some more minor side effects with Taxol (A/C is always considered worse but I really disliked Taxol!) but work was fine, my colleagues all knew and happily I had no chemo fogginess and found work a happy distraction.
But nausea and fatigue are common and can really knock you about. Take things day by day at the start, remember that treatment like cancer does not discriminate and you are not somehow responsible! Take what help
is offered until you can work out your chemo cycle - and take it after that too! It’s tough medicine but eleven years on, I am grateful for it.
Best wishes
reactions are hugely unpredictable. So it’s best to have a plan A and B!
I took a day off off work for A/C (three weekly for three months) but only a half day for Taxol (weekly) - my work location was close to day oncology. I had no nausea or fatigue. I did lose my hair, had peripheral neuropathy with Taxol and some more minor side effects with Taxol (A/C is always considered worse but I really disliked Taxol!) but work was fine, my colleagues all knew and happily I had no chemo fogginess and found work a happy distraction.
But nausea and fatigue are common and can really knock you about. Take things day by day at the start, remember that treatment like cancer does not discriminate and you are not somehow responsible! Take what help
is offered until you can work out your chemo cycle - and take it after that too! It’s tough medicine but eleven years on, I am grateful for it.
Best wishes