It's scary stuff...
I lay in bed awake at night...is this chemo working? Is the Herceptin working? Are the tumours shrinking? ...Stable? Is this cancer spreading?...to my brain? bones? liver? skin?...Or has the whole lo...
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Hi Jo, yes I agree with you about the stress. I had some tremendous stress before my first diagnosis in 2008, and the same earlier this year before my second diagnosis. I am about to have my 3rd cycle of Docetaxal (and Herceptin) next week. To be honest I've tolerated this chemo better than the first lot (AC) in 2009. I've had minimal nausea, a metallic taste in my mouth but most of all, much fatigue. I also still get hot flushes from immediate menopause that resulted in 2009 due to chemo back then. My periods never returned. I've lost about 9 kilos or so since my second diagnosis, and I put that down to stopping Tamoxifen and the change in my diet. I feel so much better for having lost the extra weight.
You are right about the worrying not changing the scan results Jo...no amount of worrying can do that. I have good days when I dont even think about the scans, and other times when I worry...I guess that is just a normal part of all of this. I was given the option of having the scans done a day before X-mas or after, and I chose after...I am determined to not let anything get in the way of having a lovely x-mas!
Take care,
Celeste?