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hi everyone people say mixed things about these forums so I'm not sure if I should be here or not but we all need support when we are going through something like this and I hope there is people out...
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Hi there @jen79x Last year in may I was diagnosed with stage 2a grade 3 (3cm tumor) left breast triple neg bc aged 43. All scans clear and no lymph nodes involved. I'm negative for the gene though. I had 4 rounds of AC chemo and 4 rounds of paclitaxol fortnightly for 16 weeks. I shaved my head after the first round as i started shedding and I had a mastectomy left side so I didn't have to have rads as well as chemo and then took the right one off - my choice 6 months later. I didn't have the nausea as such just no appetite for the first few days. The most discomfort I had was from after the neulasta injections. The tow days after that made me feel like I'd been hit by a bus. But warm baths with the Egyptian bath milk and endone and it was tolerable. I didn't work during treatment as I'm a nurse normally. I didn't find that it got worse the more treatment I had it was pretty much the same for me. I still managed to function some what. The first 3 to 5 days post I felt like that I'd get up with hubby at 4am and get hm off to work then I'd tidy my house cook an easy tray bake for dinner then walk my dogs and hung out a load of washing so I was done by around 7 then I'd rest or sleep on the couch on and off through the day then got up and sorted dinner lunches etc (which my son and hubby offered to do but I wanted to do it) I'd have cravings for certain foods like I had to eat beef chow mien for a whole week for some reason so would cram it with veges. And I drank that flavoured bubbly mt franklin water which was good for my icky tummy. I had my treatment on Mondays so come the Friday I was out and about going to the shops etc so it was doable for me. Hope this helps feel free to PMMe anytime if you have any other questions.