Chemo packing list
Hello everyone, A few of the lovely ladies here have already given me some chemo tips, but just wondering if anyone has a packing list for chemo. I'm doing my first session on Monday (the AC/foll...
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Hi @Maree72,
Sorry to hear you’re on this roller coaster with the rest of us, and that is an apt description by the way, it all happens so fast really.
I think you might be better off focussing on the surgery first and think about chemo later - but I do understand your wish to plan ahead! I also like to plan ahead - which is why I love lists! Feel free to ask questions about mastectomy surgery if you’re having that as I recently had a bilateral mastectomy plus lymph nodes removed.
Sorry to hear you’re on this roller coaster with the rest of us, and that is an apt description by the way, it all happens so fast really.
I think you might be better off focussing on the surgery first and think about chemo later - but I do understand your wish to plan ahead! I also like to plan ahead - which is why I love lists! Feel free to ask questions about mastectomy surgery if you’re having that as I recently had a bilateral mastectomy plus lymph nodes removed.
Anyway AC is doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide - it sounds like a ‘popular’ kind - but I believe it can be given for different length of cycles (mine is every 2 weeks) and duration. I will be doing 4 in total then another 4 of a different drug. Mine is a dense dose (frequent) and you could get that too as it sounds like you’re on the youngish side, but you may be prescribed something different.
I’ve just had one chemo session, so I will rewrite that list - I think it also depends on your hospital as mine gives sandwiches but didn’t offer anything else like water or blankets, though I didn’t need one really as the hospital ward wasn’t cold and I had a light knee blankie, and of course I had water. I also had a hubby and a very engrossing book.
Best wishes to you, Helen 😊