@4Coco my breast surgeon was doing weekly aspirations for a few months before I headed back into theatres - so all the way through the AC. We timed the first drain attempts between the end of AC and the start of Paclitaxel… and when the seroma reformed anyway he spoke to the oncologist and I had a two week break in Paclitaxel treatment to do the drain (they operated on me whilst I was “hot” - ie a few days after a Paclitaxel when I was radioactive ha ha ha). The second time the surgeon stripped out the capsule (this basically re-doing the whole wound) and that “got it”).
The antibiotic coverage and WBC shots protected me in this (got close to needing a transfusion but red meat became my “second best friend” to get the red counts back up).
So I did have a bit of a rocky journey through the Paclitaxel but we got all 12 doses in just over a bit longer period.
A big thing for me was not focussing on the “end of treatment” rather just taking it all one step at a time and letting it unfold.
You can’t control this….”control is an illusion”. So I went with “know the overall plan but know you’ll be done when you are done and in the meantime actually LIVE each day. See and value the little things that bring you happiness everyday and enjoy and so the little things you can.”
Go gently
