Dread of Chemo

Hi there lovey. Welcome to the forum rest assured you will never feel alone when you chatting to us. I did a big cook up before I started treatment cooked enough to feed the whole country it seemed but better than the family starving!,  I had really long dark hair and cut it short then shaved it day 14 as I started to shed in big clumps. I found it much less stressful to shave it rather than watching it all fall out on the floor. My taste was affected but I had cravings like when you are pregnant it was the weirdest thing had to eat salty stuff mostly had a craving for beef chow mein for some reason but ate it for weeks and weeks chucked a heap of Veges in there too. Couldn’t stand to drink water so I would drink that mt Franklin sparkling flavoured one. I didn’t have an issue with the nausea just the fatigue. So I would get up early walk our dogs potter around and do the wash8ng etc and get dinner sorted then i would rest through the day. Could do more the second week. But did lose my appetite for the first few days after treatment but then made up for it after that. My bc was triple negative no lymph nodes involved. 3cm tumor could of had a lumpectomy but opted for the mastectomy so I only had to have chemo and not radiation as well then took the other boob off 6 months later as a preventative. I’m in qld too brisbane north side and am on the public wait list for reconstruction. I finished chemo 4 AC fortnightly and 4 taxol fortnightly October 16. I was 43 when I was diagnosed with no family history and negative for the gene test.  Hang in there love everyone is different. I took each day as it come but was the same throughout treatment didn’t get any worse. It can be a bit shitty at times but it is doable. Biggest hug. I’m happy to send you pics of y hair before during  and after if that helps too. Margie. Xx