How long does recovery take?
Just wondering if anyway can remember how long after chemo finishes till you felt like you were feeling better? I finished 16 rounds last Thursday. I never felt terrible during taxol but the last thr...
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I had to wait 4 weeks between chemo and rads. How long recovery takes is a tougher question. Without sounding dismissive, recovery takes as long as it takes - It can depend on so many different things. I had 4 rounds taxol, cyclophosphamide as well as herceptin for 12 months. So my whole treatment period was about 15 months all up. I thought I would start to feel better once chemo finished, and I didn't find radiation therapy all that bad, but a huge factor for me was the effects of chemo slamming me into menopause. Really bad hot flushes meant I was extremely sleep deprived. So while I improved from the taxol after about a month, the ongoing hot flushes which I still have 4 years later meant it took months more before I began to feel more normal or the 'new normal' as they like to call it. But everyone is different. My advice, just listen to your body. If you feel you need rest, then, if you can, rest. You will have good days and bad days, but overall you will get better with time. Good luck
I had to wait 4 weeks between chemo and rads. How long recovery takes is a tougher question. Without sounding dismissive, recovery takes as long as it takes - It can depend on so many different things. I had 4 rounds taxol, cyclophosphamide as well as herceptin for 12 months. So my whole treatment period was about 15 months all up. I thought I would start to feel better once chemo finished, and I didn't find radiation therapy all that bad, but a huge factor for me was the effects of chemo slamming me into menopause. Really bad hot flushes meant I was extremely sleep deprived. So while I improved from the taxol after about a month, the ongoing hot flushes which I still have 4 years later meant it took months more before I began to feel more normal or the 'new normal' as they like to call it. But everyone is different. My advice, just listen to your body. If you feel you need rest, then, if you can, rest. You will have good days and bad days, but overall you will get better with time. Good luck