Going through treatment and working
Hi Everyone, I am 44 and was diagnosed in August 2017 with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (3.3cm). My surgeon recommended lumpectomy which I did but we did find during surgery that it was positive in t...
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@SusieT That was my plan too with work but I personally found the second week I was just lightheaded and couldn't stand for any length of time. I was exhausted
I kept thinking each cycle would be better and I could work but had to admit by cycle 3 that it wasn't going to happen. I felt terrible guilt but I had to do what was best for me. Having the pressure off to return to work helped me mentally. Week 3 I was better...went to the pool and just walked with my sister and had a coffee out. Then it was bloods and back to the next round. I decided if I only had 1 good week in 3 ...did I really want to spend that working.
Everyone is different on chemo and you can feel...oh I'm a wuss...some people are still running marathons on it. Well...quite frankly those people are rare. My blood pressure was very low it turns out and it's not something I could control except keep hydrated.
My sister used to come over and just be with me. I could only watch telly for short periods as too tired or it made me feel sick. It was nice to have someone to just get you out for a short time after day 14 to make you feel normal again.
Hang in there. 1 down. 3 to go. What you are feeling and how you are reacting is felt by many many women on chemo. Kath x.
I kept thinking each cycle would be better and I could work but had to admit by cycle 3 that it wasn't going to happen. I felt terrible guilt but I had to do what was best for me. Having the pressure off to return to work helped me mentally. Week 3 I was better...went to the pool and just walked with my sister and had a coffee out. Then it was bloods and back to the next round. I decided if I only had 1 good week in 3 ...did I really want to spend that working.
Everyone is different on chemo and you can feel...oh I'm a wuss...some people are still running marathons on it. Well...quite frankly those people are rare. My blood pressure was very low it turns out and it's not something I could control except keep hydrated.
My sister used to come over and just be with me. I could only watch telly for short periods as too tired or it made me feel sick. It was nice to have someone to just get you out for a short time after day 14 to make you feel normal again.
Hang in there. 1 down. 3 to go. What you are feeling and how you are reacting is felt by many many women on chemo. Kath x.