Hello

@Overwhelmed Sorry that u have to be here but Welcome!!  I have just finished my third round of 4 of TC chemo. I was diagnosed with IDC and DCIS in February after a lumpectomy and went on to have a partial mastectomy and then a full right sided mastectomy with auxiliary lymph node removal. All nodes came back clear and a CT scan showed no spread and no skin and muscle involvement so essentially cured but decided to have chemo as I am relatively young and my oncologist said it really pops up in the other breast and if it did come back somewhere else we might not be looking at curative. I didn’t want any regrets 10 years down the track so decided to go with it. Chemo is very individual if u read all the stories I personally haven’t found it as bad as I expected. It’s a huge learning curve and u get to know when to take all your medications.  I found the first one worse than the second one but I had better pain relief by then so now I’ll just wait and see how the third one pans out. 

I wm doing the cold cap. I have just gunned on the top but still have enough hair to wear a baseball cap most of the time with s pony tail hanging out the back. I have a wig that I wear for special occasions. @kezmusc had great results with it so she can fill u in on her experience. Definitely with a go but make sure to take some panadol before u go as the first 20 minutes can be pretty cold and some people can handle it. 

The whole experience is so overwhelming and scary but you will find great support here. U will be u again - maybe a slightly different version but u will get there. Huge hugs and best of luck for Thursday xooxo