Due to start chemo in one week

Hi,

It's all really good advice above.  I am 39 and pregnant and have had 3 rounds of chemo.  I had never been sick, always active and healthy and admit I am a sook when it comes to needles and pain.  BUT something takes over, you know you have to do it to get better, it's a mental decision you need to make.  The morning of my first cycle I told myself I was looking forward to it because it was one step closer to getting rid of this thing.  I found my friends scared me more than anyone, not their intention ofcourse because nobody knows quite how or what to say to you and sometimes it comes out really really wrong!  I heard all the negative stories and how dibilitating chemo can be blah blah blah.  But I went in with a " right come on let's get on with this" attitude and I have kept working full time apart from the odd early day.  I have even thrown away the anti nausea drugs they give me every time I have the treatment.  My experience may very well not be yours of course but it's true that it won't be as bad as you are expecting.  Hair loss is the worst part of the whole treatment in my experience and even then, it doesn't take long to accept it's just a part of the process you must go through.  It's all temporary, I get on with my life as normal as possible.  Yes it's on my brain 24/7 but reading, positive affirmations, green juices and juice anything and everything every day give you the energy, lots of fruit, manicures, pedicures, getting lash extensions, going out of your way to help others in need, being in a peaceful environment and surrounding myself around positive people are things that help me personally.

I wish you all the best, my partner and I laugh about my first treatment, he dropped me home while he went to work because I felt fine and the steroids in the drugs gave me the biggest energy boost I have had in a long time.  I vacuumed, washed the car, went for a 1 hour walk and cleaned the house from top to bottom!  Choose your attitude and tap into that inner strength girl :) God bless x