Just diagnosed
Hi
I've just been diagnosed with IBC and have my first chemo treatment tomorrow.
Finding it all a bit daunting and feeling very alone.
Just thought I would try and touch base with people who have ...
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Hi Jules
Oh dear you are not alone. The chemo, like Marg said was not as worse as we thought, for sure the so call side effect was the body reaction with the chemo drug, and that's why everyone may different. I am waiting for my last dose, which is the 6th one (Hopefully tomorrow cause I catch sore throat, I wonder if it will cause a suspension) However, for every dose, I can't sleep well. I wonder too excited or too worry. Frankly say, the 1st time, I felt excited rather than worry, cause I prepared mentally but not sure what will happened.
I got a lot of useful information from here, and the only way is you ease yourself, and keep telling yourself take it easy, think something happy, and then get a wonderful breakfast, and make sure you keep very warm, and hot drinking, this will help the cannulla much easy to go through, and during the Chemo, still keep drinking, and let the kidney work well. After that properly you may not feel bad, even still can drive or had a dinner out. Prepare more fresh fruit, water melon, rock melon, orange, juicy stuff at home to cheer up yourself, ice block or whatever.
Don't think too complicated, just let yourself like get a very bad cold and flu for couple months.
Take care and cheer up
Rosanna