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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Thanks @Janny54 and @kmakm - Kate, I'm feeling great!
They had to canulate me twice because the vein they used the first time wasn't great - but once that canula was in, it was all rock and roll baby! Turfed hubby out and back to work after half an hour because there was no need for him to be there and chatted the rest of the time to the chick opposite me, who I happened to know!
Jumped into a cab afterwards and went to the wig shop - tried on some very fun (but terrible) wigs and ended up buying one that looks very much like me on a good hair day LOL.
Tonight we are going to a show at the Opera House - let's see how I feel tomorrow, heh?
My oncologist came to visit me while I was sitting there and he told me that he's prescribed the neulasta injection 24 hours after each AC - without testing my blood - with the view to moving my three-weekly AC to two-weekly and thus finishing the whole schedule one month earlier - yipee! That is of course, if I tolerate the AC well.
So I need to pop back in to the hospital tomorrow for the injection, then have a blood test on Monday in two weeks' time, then if all OK I can have round 2 two weeks today instead of 3 weeks today. I also need to go for something called a 'gated heart pod scan' to check if my heart is A-OK for the biweekly AC - I can't haven an ECG because of the expanders.
They also gave me one Akynzeo tablet - this is apparently good for 5 days' anti-nausea! woo hoo - hope it works! I have Dex to take for the next 3 days and maxalon if I need it. I asked about Zofran and he said 'not with the Akynzeo' - he also said that it would give me nothing but terrible constipation.
I've actually been fasting since last night. I've read a lot of the studies done by Prof Valter Longo about fasting + chemo. I thought I would give it a go - not in stupid way of course! If I feel ill, I'll definitely eat. However I'm actually feeling great so far and planning to continue the fast until breakfast tomorrow. I've been keeping my fuids up, drinking tons of water and clear chicken broth - going to have a miso soup now. I've had no issues with the meds on an empty stomach, and my BIL (who is an orthopedic surgeon) who is a bit of an expert on the ketogenic way of eating is helping me lower my blood sugar levels.
So, one down - 15 to go!
They had to canulate me twice because the vein they used the first time wasn't great - but once that canula was in, it was all rock and roll baby! Turfed hubby out and back to work after half an hour because there was no need for him to be there and chatted the rest of the time to the chick opposite me, who I happened to know!
Jumped into a cab afterwards and went to the wig shop - tried on some very fun (but terrible) wigs and ended up buying one that looks very much like me on a good hair day LOL.
Tonight we are going to a show at the Opera House - let's see how I feel tomorrow, heh?
My oncologist came to visit me while I was sitting there and he told me that he's prescribed the neulasta injection 24 hours after each AC - without testing my blood - with the view to moving my three-weekly AC to two-weekly and thus finishing the whole schedule one month earlier - yipee! That is of course, if I tolerate the AC well.
So I need to pop back in to the hospital tomorrow for the injection, then have a blood test on Monday in two weeks' time, then if all OK I can have round 2 two weeks today instead of 3 weeks today. I also need to go for something called a 'gated heart pod scan' to check if my heart is A-OK for the biweekly AC - I can't haven an ECG because of the expanders.
They also gave me one Akynzeo tablet - this is apparently good for 5 days' anti-nausea! woo hoo - hope it works! I have Dex to take for the next 3 days and maxalon if I need it. I asked about Zofran and he said 'not with the Akynzeo' - he also said that it would give me nothing but terrible constipation.
I've actually been fasting since last night. I've read a lot of the studies done by Prof Valter Longo about fasting + chemo. I thought I would give it a go - not in stupid way of course! If I feel ill, I'll definitely eat. However I'm actually feeling great so far and planning to continue the fast until breakfast tomorrow. I've been keeping my fuids up, drinking tons of water and clear chicken broth - going to have a miso soup now. I've had no issues with the meds on an empty stomach, and my BIL (who is an orthopedic surgeon) who is a bit of an expert on the ketogenic way of eating is helping me lower my blood sugar levels.
So, one down - 15 to go!