1st Chemo help

@Piccme Hey!! Welcome!!! and totally understandable the freak out over it all, its so normal and yet nobody really tells you apart from in the safety of the forum :) So Ive been doing this 6yrs and been through it twice. Like you I don't tolerate opiate pain relief, so its been incredibly hard especially through my recent mastectomy/diep flap recon. Barbaric really isn't it?? I have nothing but panadol osteo and nurofen to get through any sort of pain and really it doesnt do much. I did 4.5 months of chemo 4 FEC 3 weeks apart and 8 Taxol. My Oncologist said I'd blitz it no worries even mapped out when he thought I could work...ummm yeah naaaah LOL unfortunately my body didnt cope and was in hospital after the first 4 infusions. Mine was compounded due to fibromyalgia which I forgot about but chemo brought back with a vengeance. 

Everyone absolutely is different, and most likely you will be more than fine, I find the best thing is to have no expectation at all...once I let go of that I could deal with my path, because I was so upset not being able to work or do anything through it. I guess the Universe had other ideas, it wasnt about pushing through being strong and working etc., it was about stopping and nurturing me. That's what made the world of difference :) 

You'll do great, you'll see. :) Hugs Melinda xo