Starting retirement with a bang/crashSo here I am
Hi everyone. Firstly, what a lovely group this is. It has really helped me already <3
I retired early May ,and had a beautiful trip with my husband to celebrate. “What are you going to do now?” said almost everyone. Well, I was going to do all the things in my life I had never had to time for!!! So many things!!! Lucky me..........can you see where this is going?
So I had my routine breast screen check in July. By the last day in July I had been diagnosed with early breast cancer. Invasive ductal and 2 nodes involved.
Honestly this was one of the few diseases I wasn’t expecting as It is about the only one we haven’t had in my family. And, I feel so stupid. After the mammograms my boob was sore and I realised I could easily feel the lump. How could I have missed it ? #idiot
My medical team is great and I feel supported and informed. My fam has been great too. I feel them. I have 3 kids at uni.so there is usually someone around to help. Doggy hasn’t left my side.
So fast forward to now. One week ago I had my first chemo session. 2 months of dose dense AC then 12 weeks of Taxol. One month off, surgery, radiation then hormones. One of everything thanks! :|
I was lucky to avoid vomiting, only a bit of nausea, but wow, those steroids were a wild ride! Didn’t sleep , THE HUNGER, and the mood swings! I was BUZZING for a week. My family did have some laughs about it which was good they can see a funny side. But frankly it was possibly terrifying for them to watch at times!
Honestly it wasn’t too bad..........could have been worse I imagine.
There are a few average symptoms I wondered there any good tips for?
I had real trouble swallowing- the food really hurt going down my oesophagus. Any suggestions? I’ve been mashing/NutriBulleting my food
Dry mouth- I’m rinsing twice a day with biotene but it’s still YUKKY
Thanks everyone. Rant over.
Caz
I retired early May ,and had a beautiful trip with my husband to celebrate. “What are you going to do now?” said almost everyone. Well, I was going to do all the things in my life I had never had to time for!!! So many things!!! Lucky me..........can you see where this is going?
So I had my routine breast screen check in July. By the last day in July I had been diagnosed with early breast cancer. Invasive ductal and 2 nodes involved.
Honestly this was one of the few diseases I wasn’t expecting as It is about the only one we haven’t had in my family. And, I feel so stupid. After the mammograms my boob was sore and I realised I could easily feel the lump. How could I have missed it ? #idiot
My medical team is great and I feel supported and informed. My fam has been great too. I feel them. I have 3 kids at uni.so there is usually someone around to help. Doggy hasn’t left my side.
So fast forward to now. One week ago I had my first chemo session. 2 months of dose dense AC then 12 weeks of Taxol. One month off, surgery, radiation then hormones. One of everything thanks! :|
I was lucky to avoid vomiting, only a bit of nausea, but wow, those steroids were a wild ride! Didn’t sleep , THE HUNGER, and the mood swings! I was BUZZING for a week. My family did have some laughs about it which was good they can see a funny side. But frankly it was possibly terrifying for them to watch at times!
Honestly it wasn’t too bad..........could have been worse I imagine.
There are a few average symptoms I wondered there any good tips for?
I had real trouble swallowing- the food really hurt going down my oesophagus. Any suggestions? I’ve been mashing/NutriBulleting my food
Dry mouth- I’m rinsing twice a day with biotene but it’s still YUKKY
Thanks everyone. Rant over.
Caz
