Hi @Nay86,
Welcome to the forum lovely. You already have some awesome advice from the ladies (as usual).
Trying to work out what caused it will do your head in. There really is no rhyme or reason to it by the looks. Just plain out bad luck being the 1 in 8 winner of the booby prize.
I had a similar rotten thing as you by the sounds. Stage 2 grade 2 ER/PR +, HER2neg. Lumpectomy, Aux clearance 5/24 nodes involved, 6 mths chemo (different regime, I had ACT) 30 rounds rads, 10yrs hormone therapy.
What I wish I had have known at the start?? I wish I had have known that my brain was conjuring up a lot more of a horror story than what it actually turned out to be. It would have stopped a lot of anxiety, tears and worry.
I wish they had told me that when you need to pee, you better run fast. There is not much time in between. It almost got very embarrassing a couple of times.. That one is not on the list of side effects.
Definitely get the nails done. I just used gel polish and had no issues with my nails.
I had a reasonable run with the whole thing I guess. Kept my hair (sux they don't have a cap for you to try) never caught any bugs or colds. Minimal fatigue and just tried to carry on as normally as possible. There were crappy days along the way but a lot that weren't.
Very few problems with rads, apart from it being a pain driving there everyday. Moo Goo is awesome stuff.
One thing I do suggest is to take a lot of photos of the fun things you do along the way with family and friends. It gives a great sense of achievement to see what you managed in amongst treatment. Plus that way when you look back that time in your life is not all about the cancer.
xoxoxoxo
