Triple Positive Breast Cancer
Hi there first time on here, not really into social media but was wondering if there are others, which I am sure there are who have the same diagnosis as me, would be nice to talk to someone who is go...
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Hi @Ned01
I appreciate you describing your experience. Your reserve tank after Covid must have been so depleted. It is a fact that the repeated and evolving challenges of Covid was unrelenting! Your role sounds like it held a lot of responsibility and it cannot have been easy.
I appreciate you describing your experience. Your reserve tank after Covid must have been so depleted. It is a fact that the repeated and evolving challenges of Covid was unrelenting! Your role sounds like it held a lot of responsibility and it cannot have been easy.
Good on you for journaling.
It feels like your medical treatment has been not without challenges, so it’s just fantastic that you have got through the first rounds with such an unflappable outlook.
I didn’t know anyone who’d had traztuzumab emtazine (aka Kadcyla) and I was worried it would be the same as the pre—surgery treatment and would feel a bit knocked by it. But when I had the Kadcyla my hair, eyebrows and fingernails grew back. I didn’t have to have rehydration. I got some appetite back and tastebuds resumed something close to normal service! It was also only an hour on the drip instead of 3 hours.
I didn’t know anyone who’d had traztuzumab emtazine (aka Kadcyla) and I was worried it would be the same as the pre—surgery treatment and would feel a bit knocked by it. But when I had the Kadcyla my hair, eyebrows and fingernails grew back. I didn’t have to have rehydration. I got some appetite back and tastebuds resumed something close to normal service! It was also only an hour on the drip instead of 3 hours.
I was already feeling tired throughout radiation therapy before I had Kadcyla.
So I ‘gave myself permission’ to rest for up to an hour every day until my last treatment. An hour’s rest meant that I wouldn’t feel like I had jet lag by 5 pm. I gradually built up my balance, and increased my exercise and regular short walking. I still curtailed my socialising.
So basically 3 - 4 weeks after the last Kadcyla treatment my energy improved and lifted.
Things looked like they would start to get back to a level of normality. However it would be fair to say it hasn’t been as quick as some people would like. Others are eager to have their pre cancer version of us back in their lives.
I have been lucky to have some women in my circles who have all been on the same path, as it’s helped me out to see what post-treatment can look like. But they weren’t triple positive so good on you for putting up the post about being triple positive! Sending you hugs and big healing vibes for your surgery next week.
Things looked like they would start to get back to a level of normality. However it would be fair to say it hasn’t been as quick as some people would like. Others are eager to have their pre cancer version of us back in their lives.
I have been lucky to have some women in my circles who have all been on the same path, as it’s helped me out to see what post-treatment can look like. But they weren’t triple positive so good on you for putting up the post about being triple positive! Sending you hugs and big healing vibes for your surgery next week.