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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Hey @ddon,
Recovery.....................it's an interesting thing. You have physical recovery and emotional recovery. It's just another thing on the BC list of "it depends".
So I did 4 x 3 AC and 12 weekly taxol. I felt pretty good the whole way through the taxol. Hot flushes excluded. Vile things they are.
There were 4 weeks between chemo and rads. I f good all through rads (minor burns excluded) with minimal effects from the chemo, so that was about 10 weeks since the last treatment.
Then there appears to be a strange emotional reaction to finishing treatment that's felt by a good majority. A kind of floating in limbo wondering what to do now. That's another thing that can take a bit of working through.
For me, the next year was bloody awful with Tamoxifen and instant menopause caused by chemo. My body really rebelled against the whole situation. I couldn't think straight for the most part and thought I would have to quit my job. My kids made fun of me because I couldn't even keep track of a game of UNO.
That's just me as I had a terrible time with the drug, some people do not. There are a lot's who only have minor SE with Tamoxifen. It's a suck it and see kinda thing.
I agree with you completely. I would dearly like my oestrogen back. You never know how much that stuff does for you until it's taken away without notice.
However, in saying all that, had I have known a few things at the start that I had to work out along the way I am sure I would have got through easier than I did.
All the best lovely. xoxoxoxox
Recovery.....................it's an interesting thing. You have physical recovery and emotional recovery. It's just another thing on the BC list of "it depends".
So I did 4 x 3 AC and 12 weekly taxol. I felt pretty good the whole way through the taxol. Hot flushes excluded. Vile things they are.
There were 4 weeks between chemo and rads. I f good all through rads (minor burns excluded) with minimal effects from the chemo, so that was about 10 weeks since the last treatment.
Then there appears to be a strange emotional reaction to finishing treatment that's felt by a good majority. A kind of floating in limbo wondering what to do now. That's another thing that can take a bit of working through.
For me, the next year was bloody awful with Tamoxifen and instant menopause caused by chemo. My body really rebelled against the whole situation. I couldn't think straight for the most part and thought I would have to quit my job. My kids made fun of me because I couldn't even keep track of a game of UNO.
That's just me as I had a terrible time with the drug, some people do not. There are a lot's who only have minor SE with Tamoxifen. It's a suck it and see kinda thing.
I agree with you completely. I would dearly like my oestrogen back. You never know how much that stuff does for you until it's taken away without notice.
However, in saying all that, had I have known a few things at the start that I had to work out along the way I am sure I would have got through easier than I did.
All the best lovely. xoxoxoxox