Kylou76
12 years agoMember
newly diagnosed
Hi, I just wanted to introduce myself. I'm a 37 yr old mother of 2 beautiful children, a 9 yr old daughter and a 6 yr old son. On 30th July I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Initially my head was s...
Hi Jan,
I'm doing ok, it hasn't been as bad as I thought it would be.
I have my second cycle next Tuesday.
For the first 3 or 4 days I felt like I had a bit of a hangover, that fogy head feeling and the do I or don't I want to eat feeling. I also had a lot of fatigue in the first week ad it shocked me as to how quickly I would lose my energy. The second week has been completely different, I feel back to normal. I have been lucky in the sense that I haven't lost any sense of taste.
I shaved my head the day after I started chemo because my children were going away for the school holidays and I didn't want to take the chance of them coming back to me having lost my hair. it was a fun experience, my daughter cut my ponytail off and my son shaved the back of my head, there were lots of laughs. I'm slowly starting to lose my hair now, it hasn't been in patches, just thinning. If I tug on it i come away with lots, so I'm trying not to do that. I think I'll go and get it all shaved off over the weekend.
If I can stay feeling this good I am blessed but if not I'll handle it as it comes, during this journey I have discovered that I'm a glass half full person and that there are silver linings in most situations, sometimes you just have to look that little bit harder.
Thank you for your support and I hope you are well.
Kylie xxx