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kitkatb
6 years agoMember
@lady_with_green_eyes I'm glad you have got your appointment sorted for Monday . With Chemo everyone is different. With me I found that it kicked in on about the 3 day and I generally felt the worse from day 3 to about day 10 or 11. A lot of people have the injection ( neulasta I think it was called ) the day after chemo which stops your immunity plummeting too low and increases your white blood cell count. I was on TC chemo regime which meant 3 week cycles. Your Onc will probably advise you that you will have a low immunity period which leaves you very compromised to catching all sorts of bugs lurking around generally day 7 to 10 is the worst for this ( one of the worst places is the doctors surgery ) i would imagine day care wouldn't be much better. I avoided most places until week 3 when I was generally feeling a lot better and made a point of getting out the house just for my own sanity. I had my chemo over winter as well last year so a few flu's and colds around. After saying that other people manage to have chemo and work part time . It will be a just wait and see how you are travelling. there is a good thread on here giving a few suggestions for what to have at home which might be handy for you going through chemo. Worth a read. Good luck with everything and let us know how you go on Monday. xo