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Hi Trish - and you other lovely ladies.

I just wanted to wish you all the very best for your chemo, Trish. I am having 3 sessions of FEC and 3 of the dreaded D for Docetaxel -  I only have the last one of those to go, thankfully - my hands and feet are currently peeling like a snake shedding its skin..freaky!!! :)

I also wanted to encourage you to really give as much feedback as you can to your Dr re the side-effects of the chemo. I had bad nausea that knocked me out for 4 days after my first dose of FEC - I explained this to the Dr at the next consultation and she was able to tweak the medication so the nausea was much less, and then again for my third treatment so the nausea was basically negligeable.

I tend to be a stoic "grin and bear it" type but really I would say that any side effect you may have can probably be relieved or even eliminated by relatively small tweaks to the follow-up side-effect medication, so don't hesitate to discuss with your Dr. 'No pain no gain' definitely has NO place in the chemotherapy equation!!! :)

Have a wonderful weekend everyone - we have a beautiful Aussie summer to enjoy!!! :)