Hi Jazz.
Chemo would be the most daunting appointing I think. Don't forget, they will tell you every possible side effect you can get. It doesn't mean you WILL get them. I absolutely howled my eyes out after this appointment. However everyone is different. I had 4 x AC 3 weeks apart. 12 x weekly paclitaxel. I managed the AC pretty well up until the last one which took about 10 days to recover from properly. The paclitaxel was a lot more tolerable for me but I ended up with a weird skin reaction and had to stay on prednisone the whole time. During chemo I had christmas, my twins 18th birthday which we had planned to go away for, my stepsons 21st, my step daughters formal and graduation and her 18th birthday. I managed them all, and had a great time. I kept my hair with cold capping, didn't lose my eyelashes or eyebrows, worked two days a week and managed to still help my husband run the farm. The only thing I had a major problem with was the Neulasta injection. Major skin reaction, incredible bone aches to the point of not walking and ended up in ED. I just refused to take it from then on. I felt like crap on some days but overall pretty ok. Oh and ask for Ondanzatron (not sure of spelling) for nausea as it worked a lot better than the other stuff they give you.