Sorry about your cancer but great you found it and now being treated. Lots of good advice above. I had FEC. Important things for me were:
you might be given maxalon for nausea and some people have a bad reaction to Maxalon, I did, I had Parkinson’s disease like shaking in my legs. If you have this reaction stop taking Maxalon and go to emergency, they have an injection they can give you and the shakes wear off eventually;
which leads on to saying there are much better drugs for nausea than Maxalon which you can have, you don’t need to suffer nausea;
i found out out by accident that my oncologist answered emails promptly, this was wonderful if I had a query;
you might not be able to read a novel when having chemo, my brain just couldn’t cope, but I could read and enjoy short stories and newspaper articles;
tv is also great, I watched lots of call the midwife and great British bake-off;
You might be surprised by other people’s reactions, some people will be great and very supportive and others who you expect to be great, are disappointing;
there is a theory that fasting around each infusion makes the chemo work better and also have less effect on healthy cells, it’s a theory only;
managing your bowels is important, sometimes you might need medication for constipation one day and then the next day, medication for diarrhea, always drink lots of water;
excercise is very helpful, so long as you can do it; and
it ends eventually and you move on. Best wishes. Karen
