Yep... I became a statistic!
Hi,
I have just had a wirlwind 3 week tour of being diagnosed with BC. Sorry, I still can't say the word.
I had my lump out last week and pathology back today - it's happened amazingly fast (pr...
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Hi Dragonlover,
Yes its importatnt to do what makes you comfortable re cold caps because they might vary. The first cap is uncomfortable but after that my head just goes numb so its not like a constant ice cream headache (for me anyway). they are a bit heavy though after a while so a travel pillow is useful.
The thought of chemo is a very scary thing isnt it? It really goes against your natural instincts!! My first round was not great but the last 2 have been very tolerable with fatigue and a few aches being the main problem.
What chemo drugs are you having. I am on TCH (not to be confused with THC :) ). taxotere, herceptin and carboplatin.
I agree that it's nice to have something you can take control of and I think this helped my patrner too, to be able to actually help with something. We are off to round 4 now...the joys!
shat