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Total newbie and totally scared.
11 Jan..... I was diagnosed Nov 17, 2015 and a mastectomy a week later and on Jan 7th started my first chemo - Docetaxel & Cyclophosphamide. Nasty, nasty stuff. Five days since the first chemo - I ...
Hi Ann-Marie
Many thanks for your welcome :)) As well as all the other ladies below! Yesterday hit me pretty hard, symptoms wise, and after hitting send to my first post I had to lie down - fast! It's now just after 5am the next day and I am feeling a LOT better.
I'm kind of angry though that I was given absolutely NO warnings about what to expect apart from "you will feel pretty crook". The blurry vision, palpitations etc are darned scarey when you are unprepared. Thankfully lying down and napping on and off all evening has helped enormously.
The beauty of this site is you are never alone. You have no idea what a gift that is to me right now. Thank you, everyone of you.
Barb