FEC

o this week has seen me starting FEC. I was quite nervous about this, as I'd been warned that it's not as kind as the NAB Pacoltaxol.i thought I'd have 3 drip bags but it started off with....take a tablet for the nausea, get the red and white junk, slowly put in through the thingymabob in my arm ( I'm crap at the technicalities and it doesn't help that I close my eyes so I can't see it) then I get fluids, then I get the clear junk, then more fluids. I'm packed off home with info sheets and tablets. It always amazes me how quickly it affects you. Monday night I was knackered and in bed asleep for 8 pm (though stress might have been a factor too). I woke up at 2am dozed til 3.30am then got up and had a sickness tablet. I felt pretty tired all day ( surprise!) and a bit queasy, bit of a sore tummy but do able. This morning I've woken up feeling quite energised, had a good sleep too but I think this might be the steroids trying to catch me out, so although I have the urge to run round the house like speedy Gonzales I'm resisting it, I honestly feel like some someone's shoved a very large battery in me and turned the the switch on! One thing I will say to anyone new to the joys of chemo is to remember that everyone's journey is unique to them. Don't panic when you are sat in the waiting room or treatment room and you hear people swapping war stories. I've noticed chemo patients ( and I include myself in this) love to swap stories, how bad was the sickness, you were stuck on the loo for how long? It's a bit like being pregnant again and you're friends start telling you how they were in labor for 3 days and how big their haemorrhoids were, and how bad the morning sickness was. Listen to what is being said use it as a caution on what might happen but don't take it as a given that it will happen to you.