Seeking chemo tips and advice
Hi everyone. I'm a 49yo single mum recently diagnosed with locally advanced Stage III ILC. I had the boob removed three weeks ago and it's healing fine. I'm now looking at six months of chemo (w...
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@Hoobies28 I went through the public system and I had a one on one education session with an oncology nurse which was one hour long. She gave me all the information on the chemo regime I was to be having and the necessary changes I need to make. I had a list of things to do and to avoid.
I always had a friend take me to chemo and home again as I didn't know how I would be to drive home. Also I am not sure, but I was told if an accident I was involved in occurred then I would not be covered by insurance. I am really not sure if that is the case or not, but the feeling I had at the end of a chemo session was a feeling of having very bad jet lag. These days I still describe it that way to anyone wanting a bit of an idea of how you may feel after a chemo session.
Whether you can work throughout chemo very much depends also on your own work environment and job, and flexibility on getting time off to attend chemo days. I did not work throughout my 18 months of active treatment because I was fatigued and needed to be 100% physically and mentally alert as a part of my job required me to give out medications to residents. I was not up to par to do that! If I had an office job perhaps I could have managed, but also I had to give notice to cover a shift if I couldn't attend.
Wishing you all the best, and also these days there are medications given to help with any nausea. Take care and ask any more questions here and we can give you some of our personal input as to how we coped.
I always had a friend take me to chemo and home again as I didn't know how I would be to drive home. Also I am not sure, but I was told if an accident I was involved in occurred then I would not be covered by insurance. I am really not sure if that is the case or not, but the feeling I had at the end of a chemo session was a feeling of having very bad jet lag. These days I still describe it that way to anyone wanting a bit of an idea of how you may feel after a chemo session.
Whether you can work throughout chemo very much depends also on your own work environment and job, and flexibility on getting time off to attend chemo days. I did not work throughout my 18 months of active treatment because I was fatigued and needed to be 100% physically and mentally alert as a part of my job required me to give out medications to residents. I was not up to par to do that! If I had an office job perhaps I could have managed, but also I had to give notice to cover a shift if I couldn't attend.
Wishing you all the best, and also these days there are medications given to help with any nausea. Take care and ask any more questions here and we can give you some of our personal input as to how we coped.