It is importnat to remember that everyone reacts differently.
I thought the hasir loss would worry me, but I couldn't have cared less. I didnt wear a wig but wore a beanie or nothing at home and bought lots of beautiful scarves and hats for outings.Al that variety! My best was my head wrap. Now I have hair back my daughter has "borrowed " it because she loved it too.
I slept thru the first couple of chemo sessions( they gave me some heavy duty steroids) and was good for the first 48 hours then whack, down I went in a heap for a week with nausea, exhaustion etc. I took sick bags with me everywhere, and found that I was at the GP clinic 4-5 days post chemo for more antiemetics. I got half way thru chemo and booked the GP in advance rather than the emergency appointments that I was using. My GP became /is one of my strongest support people because he answers all my questions patiently, even when I am being neurotic!~!!~ I still have to see him once per month for Zoladex (oestogen retardent) injections . But we get thru it because we have to.
I too, have a younger sister that is a worse control freak than me, when I told her I had BC, her reply was "how can you do this to me" (parents are deceased). My husband took offence but I know that she struggles with this emotionally.It doesnt help that she lives interstate, she has flown across about 8 times in the last 18 months, before BC, only when our father was killed in a MVA.
I have found it is interesting how other people have reacted to me! I haven't seen one of our "closest" friends since diagnosis 18 months ago!!! They ask others about me all the time, but have made no contact. But I do ancknowldege that this disease can create fear in some people, they can react as if it contagious. Also, I found not everyone was comfortable with my bald head. They wouldnt look at me when speaking to me. I let it be their problem, not mine! (Apart from my 2 1/2 year old niece who said," put your hat on, Auntie!). The same niece also plays with my hats ( I couldn't get head lice!) and put my prothesis boob down her top (which I only wear when I go to work, hate it, would prefer to feel lopsided, if people notice, it is their problem)
I went to the Gold Coast theme parks with my sister and kids, we had laughing hysterics daily imagining my "boob" falling out from a ride and concussing some poor guy on the ground! He probably couldn't work out what hit him in the head or eye! Sorry, my sick sense of humour has got me thru this and is still healthy.
This website helps me feel somewhat in control, no subject is off limits, so many various options for treatment are discussed with FULL disclosure of side effects. I liken it to seeing many specialists , all with varying opinions!
I hope it goes well for you, let us know.
regards
Sandy