@Hales1978 Have you joined the Young Women's group?
My kids aren't quite so young - 11, 12 & 15 when I was diagnosed in Dec 17 - but I know there's a whole lot of other worries with kids and with young ones, it takes a lot of energy. Do you have someone to help you with the day-to-day? You won't know how you're going to go with chemo until it starts. Some women sail through it with minimal disruption to their lives, some really struggle, and most of us have some bad days and others that we can manage.
You haven't said what your chemo regimen will be - I was on AC 4 x 3 weekly and then Taxol 12 x weekly. With AC, days 2 & 3 I basically had to sleep, days 4-6 were hard, then I felt progressively better but with really low energy levels. Taxol was much easier but as it is weekly, there's not much time for recovery in between and the last few weeks were quite fatiguing. And the first AC seems to be the hardest as your body gets a bit of a shock and you're still working out how it's affecting you. Just make sure that you don't suffer any symptoms in silence. If the medications they send you home with aren't cutting it, ring up straight away. I made the mistake of going for days in misery with nausea and reflux - once I had the right medication, life was completely different.
Just remember, many women are able to work right through chemo although I know that's not the same as managing 2 small children 24/7. I would just suggest that you try to make sure that you have help on hand, at least until you know how it's going to affect you and what your "pattern" is going to be like (keep a basic diary - it helps when you have to report back to the oncologist and it will show you day by day how you've felt).
I'm sure that others who have been in a similar position will provide more info as @lgray3911 has.
