Exhausted...

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Hello to all you lovely ladies, i hope this day finds you as well as can be expected and a wonderful week ahea :)
I tell you, im exhausted, after having a horrid couple of days over the weekend here; My first chemo treatment was on Tues 11th Jan, i got through the first 2 days pretty well, then Friday came, i could hardly move, it was like i had the aches and pains of flu/pneumonia symptoms without having the infection and running nose, coughing etc(that goes with the flu). The aches and pains were in my feet, calves, knees..bu friday night i could hardly walk, the pain had moved to my thighs Toooo sore to even touch. Then Saturday, the aches and pains had moved up into my back, shoulders and neck, I have never felt so beside myself, ever....
I couldnt take my pain relief medication whilst this was all going on, as it wasnt a good mix with the 'anti-nausea' tablets that i was put on, to have at home. So panadol was all i could take and try as best possible to get comfortable..or some sort of comfort...sitting, shuffling walk ..or propped up resting in bed, is how i managed(though i dont know how) to get through these couple of days. Apparently it is one of the side effects of the "FEC" chemo treatments, not everyone gets this...but i did
So i thought that i would get on here, and tell of my side effect, that way...someone else can go..'that is what im going through with side effects"...
I wonder, has anyone else had those intense muscle joint pain times after their chemo treatment, or is this just one side effect of this particular chemo treatment?
Today, i have woken up...after 3 hrs sleep....and im not in as much pain, but im exhausted, soooo....there wont be much being done around here,unless those lil' fairies to lend a hand...otherwise, im thinking maybe in a weeks' time, i will be in a some kind of normal state, and able to get some housework done, before the 2nd chemo treatment is due.
Sorry about the blah blah blah...just one of those times where really...i feel yukk, but today is the start of a new week, and im gratefull to be seeing it, regardless of this darkness like state at the moment that im feeling and going through.
~gentle internet hugs~ from me to you
Love to you all
Regards
Caron xx

di_bcna · Answer

Hey Caron! :)&nbsp; What a rough few days you've had, but it's good you're feeling a bit better.&nbsp; No need to apologise for blogging how you feel -- if that's the way it is, then that's the way it is.&nbsp; Good to get it out, I say, and you're right, it may help someone else to hear. Hang in there and hope you get lots of rest.
{{{Caron}}} -- gentle hugs back

di-p52 · Answer

Hi Caron,
I do hope you're starting to feel a little bit better, but it is that same old 'hit by a Mac truck' feeling!
I dont know if I had the same chemo as you - but I do think most of them have the same or similar side effects.&nbsp; I used to console myself by saying, 'if this is how the chemo is making ME feel, just imagine what it is doing to those nasty cancer cells!!!'&nbsp;
I can only speak from my experience, but the first round of chemo treatment (which I think was the stronger - 4 x 3 weekly) hit me 'like a ton of bricks' - not a lot of nausea, but the aches and pains were quite bad.&nbsp; By the end of the 4th cycle I was glad that it was finished.&nbsp; The onco told me that it has an accumalative effect in the body, that is generally why you only have 4 treatments.&nbsp; Then I moved on to a 'gentler' chemo (12 x weekly) - which didnt cause as many probs.
Try and tell yourself that this chemo wont last forever, and if it is making you sick, maybe it is making the cancer sicker!!!
good luck. get lots of rest.&nbsp; thinking of you!
Di

kay · Answer

Hi Caron,
I had pain&nbsp; etc. with the Taxotare on my 4th round of chemo. I was feeling really good because this was my first time with this new set of chemo, and then it hit on the Sunday evening. It was usually the first round of the different lots of chemo that I felt the worst.&nbsp; I made sure I took the pain killers on the second round of the taxotare.&nbsp; I wasn't sure what to do the first round and contacted my oncology nurse.&nbsp; We live 2 and a half hours away from the hospital I was attending. Hopefully the next round is better for you.
Kay

caron · Answer

Hello, and yes its the 'red cordial' chemo, i have 2 more rounds of this one, then 3 of the taxol, like you have had. I started coming good, then had 2 days of feeling depressed, so this is why i havent been online, Im coming out of those 2 dark days, and actually feel like im on the rise from the effects of the first round of chemo. Least now i know what im in for with the next two round of this 'red' one.
Love the ~hugs~&nbsp; thankyou...sending you some more, just because ~hugsss Kath~
Take care and be safe
Caron xx

caron · Answer

Thankyou for your message Kay, and the heads up about the new set of chemo, I will deffinately keep pain meds in mind, for that new set of chemo, after this 'red cordial' chemo is finished. Im finding out, that knowledge is a great asset, even if its not used by myself, its there...and this is the greatest gift, i feel, with going through this journey of ours.
Take care and be safe,
~hugs~
Caron x

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