Struggling through Chemo

How is everyone going? I had my last AC yesterday, usual issues finding a vein, I think the nurses get more stressed about it than me, my side effects seem to be the same as the last 3 rounds so far, so that's good, I think I feel slightly less 'weird' feeling but maybe I'm just getting used to it. So, first phase done and on to paclitaxel in 2 weeks. My oncologist thinks I should cope with it ok, but I suppose time will tell. Fingers crossed.

Have fun Saturday night! 😃

Awwww, me too, bit of fuzz left. My first shower I had to decrease the water pressure….. it felt very strange. 

My hair started to come out around day 14. I was a bit upset at the thought of losing my hair, but decided to get it cut short, and surprisingly I enjoyed that process, and I really liked it short.  Once is started coming out I got my husband to buzz cut it for me. It hasn't all come out I have a bit of fuzz left, and showers now feel like a spa on my head! 

I still have some of my eyebrows and eyelashes too! My hair started falling out on day 12 of my first cycle, it just came out in clumps. It was my birthday on jan 1st so my kid’s shaved my head on New Year’s Eve 😊. 

I was just running from upstairs to downstairs to pick up my phone. NO Palpitation. I am learning not to ignore the side effects and do something about that. When I feel good, I do some light house work but only what is really needed and I can do. I am better today , 7th day, but I can see we have similar side effects symptoms. Katie46...I also hope to go back to only working from home when I start paclitaxel in April. Will see. The first time in my life I am not putting pressure on myself. 

I'm off work at the moment, but hoping I can do a few days a week when I start paclitaxel. On a bighter note, for now, I still have my eyebrows and eyelashes 😄

Hey Katie, just reading your post makes me feel so normal. Very similar side effects for sure. 

My symptoms seem fairly mild in comparison, I feel ok for the first few days, then hit a wall of fatigue from day 4 to 7. I'm wide awake at 3am for the first 4 days least. I feel weak and at times light headed, and then I start feeling a bit better around day 8. I have slightly peeling hands (I thought it was the hand sanitiser) and oral thrush, and I'm using Nilstat for that, and using salt/bicarb mouth wash, and biotene. I have to take a daily antibiotic as it's the wet season up here and they give it as a precaution for infection, so that may be the cause. For a few days my throat has a burning sensation when I swollow,  but my taste buds are fairly intact. My feet sometimes feel hot,  particularly at night. I've  only had 1 headache and no palpitations. I'm using almond oil on my cuticles as they were feeling dry. It really is amazing how unpredictable the side effects are. I think I got the most side effects for the first round, and slightly less for the next 2. I am craving goats cheese.

Oh, another side affect I “had” was severe heartburn. This also started about a week after my first infusion. I chomped my way through pkts of quickeze till I mentioned it to the Oncologist and she put me on Pantoprazole. I take one every day and it makes a huge difference! Only on the odd occasion do I still need a quickeze.