Hello All!!!!
Hi everyone, first timer here, yes didn't think it would happen to me but it did.
Diagnosed on 28/10/15 with 3 cm tumor and one of my lymph nodes has cancer (out of 13) My diagnosis was Invasive Du...
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Hi Chrissk
Good luck, it's all a bit much to take in at first.
I had a mastectomy (one lymph node positive out of 17) then 4 cycles of A/C (3 weekly) and then 12 cycles of Taxol weekly. Had a catheter all the time. Veins started out really well but decided to run away quite a lot towards the end! Staff were great - warm packs, even an arm bath will help. No-one actually suggested a port, and I wasn't mad keen - had a colleague who had some trouble keeping hers in place through treatment, but I saw lots of people during treatment who did have a port, and seemed fine about it. Chemo unit staff are usually great about general information - not about your treatment specifically but about what they observe, reactions etc. I found them really helpful about lots of things including side effects.
Keep your eyes on your arm re any fluid - you have probably been advised about exercise and cording, keep it up as there is always a bit of a risk when lymph nodes have been removed.
Best wishes, keep positive, count down the treatments and truly they will pass.