I'm Done!!
Good Evening Ladies!
Just sitting here, typing away on what is to be the night before my last Herceptin treatment tomorrow and marvelling at the fact that I have finally reached what seemed to be an unattainable horizon 15 months ago. And my god, what a long haul it's been...4 cycles of FEC, 12 weeks of Taxol/Herceptin/Perjeta, surgery, 6 weeks of radiotherapy and then ongoing herceptin for a year in total. Not forgetting of course the side effects, the hair loss, the hair back again but completely different. And of course, just carrying on and dealing with what ever else life throws at you throughout all of this. I stopped work initially so had no income for the first three months. This was really inconvenient (understatement) as I was in the middle of a house renovation and the bills kept on coming. My elderly father (age 94) passed away when I was in the middle of radiotherapy. It was a peaceful passing and, he lived a long and full life, but it was still a shock and meant that my weeks prior were spent travelling between the three hospitals of where I worked, where he was and where I was getting my treatment. And through it all, the funeral, the house clean up, the grieving, I had to keep on attending my daily radiotherapy. The son is in VCE (second exam tomorrow) so that has been another thing to deal with but he seems to be going ok. So, older yes, wiser definitely and stronger, you'd better believe it. If the tsunami of the last year didn't knock me down (well actually it totally did at the start..and during..and a bit more recently.. but with a lot of help and support I found a way to get back up again) I don't think there could be much to fear from what else the future might throw up.
So goodbye treatment and looking forward to the next chapter.
Much love and my very warmest regards to you all and best wishes for your futures.
Fiona xx
Just sitting here, typing away on what is to be the night before my last Herceptin treatment tomorrow and marvelling at the fact that I have finally reached what seemed to be an unattainable horizon 15 months ago. And my god, what a long haul it's been...4 cycles of FEC, 12 weeks of Taxol/Herceptin/Perjeta, surgery, 6 weeks of radiotherapy and then ongoing herceptin for a year in total. Not forgetting of course the side effects, the hair loss, the hair back again but completely different. And of course, just carrying on and dealing with what ever else life throws at you throughout all of this. I stopped work initially so had no income for the first three months. This was really inconvenient (understatement) as I was in the middle of a house renovation and the bills kept on coming. My elderly father (age 94) passed away when I was in the middle of radiotherapy. It was a peaceful passing and, he lived a long and full life, but it was still a shock and meant that my weeks prior were spent travelling between the three hospitals of where I worked, where he was and where I was getting my treatment. And through it all, the funeral, the house clean up, the grieving, I had to keep on attending my daily radiotherapy. The son is in VCE (second exam tomorrow) so that has been another thing to deal with but he seems to be going ok. So, older yes, wiser definitely and stronger, you'd better believe it. If the tsunami of the last year didn't knock me down (well actually it totally did at the start..and during..and a bit more recently.. but with a lot of help and support I found a way to get back up again) I don't think there could be much to fear from what else the future might throw up.
So goodbye treatment and looking forward to the next chapter.
Much love and my very warmest regards to you all and best wishes for your futures.
Fiona xx
