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GenK
3 years agoMember
Mum mother is going through TC chemo. Whilst medically debatable about delay between surgery and starting chemo I think it gave her more time to recover from the surgery so she wasn’t hit so hard by first cycle. I’m assuming they’re using steroids to help with your side effects, she did find a bit of a crash around day 4-5 post chemo as the steroids interfered with her sleep and then the pegfilgrastim injection triggered a few days of bone pain. They adjusted some of her meds for second cycle and that helped with side effects. She’s had third cycle now and is having increasing fatigue. Typically she’s had 7-10days before the next dose where the symptoms ease and she’s near normal, so hopefully that’ll be the same with you. It’s a lot and the surgery is a lot on the body alone, plus the emotional side. Do you have a breast care nurse or counselling option? The breast care nurse has been great with mum. Also, mum’s onc said she couldn’t withdraw from chemo at any time, even if they preferred she didn’t, but did tweak a few things along the way.
Definitely speak with your clinicians, and it’s ok to rest. Hope your team can help and your fatigue eases in the next couple of days like it did with my mum. You’re not alone 🌺🦋