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Finally! We have a chemo start date. Time for a mountain retreat
My soul is fed by going back to my roots. It's impossible to explain the peace in my heart when I drive through areas that are few in vehicles and plentiful in trees, crops and stock. After one of my...
Hi Donna It certainly is a daunting time, I am also waiting to have the port put in & it sounds like you could be getting the same type of chemo they have said I will be getting. A C every 21 days for 3 months followed by weekly doses of Paclitaxel for the last part.I go back to the oncologist on the 29th but they are talking about starting me a week later.
Today I had the drains taken out from the Axillary clearance & although I do not get the official results until Thursday, the radiation Dr was at the team meeting & told me they had taken 10 nodes & they had come back clear, however she still recommended & have radiation to the chest wall & neck area, when the chemo is over.
I was given some advice by the assistant anethetist to get some EMLA patches & place it on the port for 30 minutes before they put the chemo in, she had in the past couple of years had chemo & said it made a big difference to her.
I will be thinking of you & with you every step of the way wishing you well.
Sending you a massive cyber hug.
Eileen xx