Chemo here I go!
Hi everyone! Just came from my first oncology appointment - Chemo starts next Tuesday! My schedule will be the very standard four cycles of AC - over 12 weeks, 3 weeks apart then 12 x weekly taxo...
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Hi Eastmum,
Same chemo regime as you are going to have
.
AC
Could not have driven on this one. Light headed, dizzy afterwards and generally just crap that afternoon. Day 2 and 3 I had a huge buzz from all the steroids and got heaps of stuff done. My crash day was day 4 for the first three cycles from then on I felt fine till the next one. The worst part was the ridiculous hot flushes and that everything tasted bland (except wine luckily LOL). The 4th one took longer to get over. A bit of chemo brain but not too bad. It pretty much went awau on the Paclitaxel.
One thing that they didn't tell me is there is very little time between the "Hey, I have to go pee and OMG right now! " I think they should warn you about that. I did have a major problem was the Neulasta injection. I ended up in ED with that one. So I refused to take it after the first one. I just had to have a blood test prior to the next chemo.
Paclitaxel.
Drove there and back no problems with this one. Minimal side effects apart from the hot flushes continued and I was quite sun sensitive. I did get a weird skin rash but apparently that isn't normal and I have weird skin anyway.
I did all my usual stuff, worked, shopped, cooked. went out etc etc etc. I used the cold cap so kept my hair.
I have my fingers and toes crossed for you.
All the best
XXOXOXOXO
Same chemo regime as you are going to have
.
AC
Could not have driven on this one. Light headed, dizzy afterwards and generally just crap that afternoon. Day 2 and 3 I had a huge buzz from all the steroids and got heaps of stuff done. My crash day was day 4 for the first three cycles from then on I felt fine till the next one. The worst part was the ridiculous hot flushes and that everything tasted bland (except wine luckily LOL). The 4th one took longer to get over. A bit of chemo brain but not too bad. It pretty much went awau on the Paclitaxel.
One thing that they didn't tell me is there is very little time between the "Hey, I have to go pee and OMG right now! " I think they should warn you about that. I did have a major problem was the Neulasta injection. I ended up in ED with that one. So I refused to take it after the first one. I just had to have a blood test prior to the next chemo.
Paclitaxel.
Drove there and back no problems with this one. Minimal side effects apart from the hot flushes continued and I was quite sun sensitive. I did get a weird skin rash but apparently that isn't normal and I have weird skin anyway.
I did all my usual stuff, worked, shopped, cooked. went out etc etc etc. I used the cold cap so kept my hair.
I have my fingers and toes crossed for you.
All the best
XXOXOXOXO