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Hope everyone is well and enjoying 2012. I have had a crazy few days after my first visit to mychemo oncologist on Wednesday. She is lovely and made me feel a bit more comfortable about beginning chemo. She arranged for lots more tests etc as well as a tour of the chemo ward. I really didn't want to walk into either the oncology department or the cancer care unit as that makes me a cancer patient and that's not how I see myself. Spoke to my gorgeous breastcare nurse about how I felt and she reassured me it's a good thing and a positive way of thinking. My first chemo has been put back to next Friday with my Portacath being put in the day before under what I hope is great sedation. Because of my MS she has decided to start me off on 5 months of fortnightly AC then 6 weeks of weekly TAC. One of the drugs in the TAC has the potential to cause nerve damage and she is worried I could become paralysed so will see how my MS tolerates AC first. I am still feeling worried about the chemo, the side effects and how it will affect my 3 children watching me go through this. My youngest who is nearly 16 has finally told his friends I have bc and that he won't be able to socialist once I start chemo. We discussed that the kids need to live their lives like normal. My 19 year old son and his best friend who lives with us returned safely from their holiday to Bali yesterday and it feels great to have them home safely. Any ideas or tips about chemo would be appreciated. I'm armed with about 6 different drugs for nausea and a huge set of instructions on when to take them. I've tried to be organized buying thermometer, carb soda, Ginger beer etc. Thinking about getting my girlfriend who's a hairdresser to shave my hair a week after first chemo... I like the idea of having that tiny bit of control over the bc and chemo rather than waiting for it to start falling out. Let me know what you think. Thanks for your continued support Mel xxx