Time to process
Hi All, my intro post. Such a roller coaster of emotions and processing suddenly going from perfectly healthy to not! I had a Diagnosis 22/12/23 IDC with 2.9cm tumor and lymphnode involvement from B...
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Another three months... update time.
Hanging in there 😃, gosh its a long slog. Got thru AC chemo (red devil) x4 fortnightly dose dense, and have completed 7 of 12 paclitaxel. Side effects were hard but manageable around fatigue, brain fog, internal upsets bowels, low blood pressure as red blood cells dropped, but its all a bit easier now on 2nd chemo.
I had a week off on a trip to NZ (booked before diagnosis, combo tourist and music competition), so dodgedly aimed toward it through treatment, and was managing chemo effects well enough that medical oncologist was fine I went with precautions. It was scarey to "get off the couch" and be away from home, but I did do a lot of walking, and it definately kick started my brain to knowing Im "over the hump" so to speak and will make it through the rest of chemo. Then next onto radiotherapy! The week rest also recovered red blood cells a bit so eased dizziness/low pressire drops, and reduced risk of needing blood transfusion). Just a cough still lingering (about 14 weeks now) that I cant quite shake.
Ive had to go to a picc line, after 4 attempts at a vein was all to hard (poor right arm was so bruised, as the only one able to be needled due to lymphnode removal left arm), but again, manageable and a relief not to be multiple jabbed.
Have some wigs that Im getting used to, and its nice to swap out the chemo caps. Not the same as own hair, but again, tricks the brain to a bit of "normal" and the compliments on my new blonde look have been good mental positive (never been brave enough before so why not, matching my current paler skin and thinning but just still there eyebrows).
Thats about it for now, thanks for reading. And hang in there... one day at a time!
Hanging in there 😃, gosh its a long slog. Got thru AC chemo (red devil) x4 fortnightly dose dense, and have completed 7 of 12 paclitaxel. Side effects were hard but manageable around fatigue, brain fog, internal upsets bowels, low blood pressure as red blood cells dropped, but its all a bit easier now on 2nd chemo.
I had a week off on a trip to NZ (booked before diagnosis, combo tourist and music competition), so dodgedly aimed toward it through treatment, and was managing chemo effects well enough that medical oncologist was fine I went with precautions. It was scarey to "get off the couch" and be away from home, but I did do a lot of walking, and it definately kick started my brain to knowing Im "over the hump" so to speak and will make it through the rest of chemo. Then next onto radiotherapy! The week rest also recovered red blood cells a bit so eased dizziness/low pressire drops, and reduced risk of needing blood transfusion). Just a cough still lingering (about 14 weeks now) that I cant quite shake.
Ive had to go to a picc line, after 4 attempts at a vein was all to hard (poor right arm was so bruised, as the only one able to be needled due to lymphnode removal left arm), but again, manageable and a relief not to be multiple jabbed.
Have some wigs that Im getting used to, and its nice to swap out the chemo caps. Not the same as own hair, but again, tricks the brain to a bit of "normal" and the compliments on my new blonde look have been good mental positive (never been brave enough before so why not, matching my current paler skin and thinning but just still there eyebrows).
Thats about it for now, thanks for reading. And hang in there... one day at a time!