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Advice on how to prepare for TC chemo?
Hello everyone! First time of me starting a thread on here, hoping to get some advice from someone who’s had experience going through TC (Doxetaxel & Cyclophosphamide) chemo recently? I’ve just had...
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Hi greenplastic sorry to hear about your journey, what a lot to go through.
I finished my chemo in Feb. I did attempt cold capping, but gave it away after round 3. I did lose eyelashes and eyebrows, but truthfully they grew back so quickly and exactly as they were before.
The side effects I experienced were fatigue, reflux (I tried three different meds to get the right one as it was quite bad), and joint pain. The breast care nurses are great at reminding you that there's a medication for pretty much every side effect and you should take the meds!
The steroids definitely pepped me up and my nausea was not a huge issue.
I did have chemo mouth. The only thing that helped me was the oral mouth wash from Black Chicken. It is oil based and helped me. I did get oral thrush once which once treated was ok.
Try and stay super hydrated and eat well, it makes a massive difference to how you bounce back. Also walking and fresh air.
You've got this 💪
Hello! Thank you so much for responding and sharing about your experience! I am going to try cold capping, cutting my hair shorter hits week before starting the first round on Monday eek, very nervous but I think I've sourced most things I can to help me prepare... I'm hopeful that maybe with short hair and keeping it wet the cold capping might work but of course you never know! And Black Chicken is such a great brand! I'll definitely try to order that if I feel like the other mouth washes I got aren't helping. Oral thrush sounds horrible! Glad it wasn't too hard to get rid of! <3
Totally understandable to be nervous. We will all be thinking of you as you smash it 💪. I reckon you are super prepared and will absolutely nail it x