Chemo after Mastectomy
I had a mastectomy (only 4 days ago) and my surgeon just rang to say they had got the 2 lumps when was a little more aggressive than the other, and that they lymph nodes were all clear. he flagged th...
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Hi @Kwarb
Sorry to hear you've joined this elite!
I'm part way through my chemo treatment on the AC-T protocol - have finished AC and nearly halfway through the Taxol. As the others have said, it's hard to tell how you're going to react to chemo as everyone takes it differently and there are different protocols.
I'm lucky enough to have built up enough sick leave to be able to take time off during chemo. Side effects wise, the AC treatments (every 3 weeks) wiped me out for about 7 days - fatigue, nausea, joint pain - then I'd build back up to the next treatment. The Taxol, I'm finding much easier on the system, I am fatigued constantly as they're weekly but could work if I had to and there's no nausea (yay). The oncology team & the GP are amazing at managing side effects - make sure you let them know about things you're struggling with so they can give you the good stuff!
Chemo tanks your immune system so steering clear of people who are sick becomes a thing. It's one of the reasons I've taken advantage of my sick leave - as I work with students at uni who regularly come to class sick and spread the love. Kindy kids would be just as bad! I've managed to avoid most of the bugs that my 2 primary aged kids have brought home from school with good sickness hygiene, literally dunking the kids in hand sanitizer and getting ahead of things by going to the GP early (anti-virals for Flu A & COVID so far). Their school has had a shocking year for illness so lots of bugs have come home.
Sorry to hear you've joined this elite!
I'm part way through my chemo treatment on the AC-T protocol - have finished AC and nearly halfway through the Taxol. As the others have said, it's hard to tell how you're going to react to chemo as everyone takes it differently and there are different protocols.
I'm lucky enough to have built up enough sick leave to be able to take time off during chemo. Side effects wise, the AC treatments (every 3 weeks) wiped me out for about 7 days - fatigue, nausea, joint pain - then I'd build back up to the next treatment. The Taxol, I'm finding much easier on the system, I am fatigued constantly as they're weekly but could work if I had to and there's no nausea (yay). The oncology team & the GP are amazing at managing side effects - make sure you let them know about things you're struggling with so they can give you the good stuff!
Chemo tanks your immune system so steering clear of people who are sick becomes a thing. It's one of the reasons I've taken advantage of my sick leave - as I work with students at uni who regularly come to class sick and spread the love. Kindy kids would be just as bad! I've managed to avoid most of the bugs that my 2 primary aged kids have brought home from school with good sickness hygiene, literally dunking the kids in hand sanitizer and getting ahead of things by going to the GP early (anti-virals for Flu A & COVID so far). Their school has had a shocking year for illness so lots of bugs have come home.