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Fern88
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5 years ago

Last dose of Paclitaxel YAY!

So my nurse takes me to my cubicle and wow what a lovely surprise someone had decorated it with balloons, streamers and a big congratulations banner, how good is that, I nearly cried.💗👌
So everything went smoothly today. It was different just leaving with my pegfilgrastim injection and no more pills or bloodtest referral. After chemo I had an appointment with my radiation oncologist it was a different Dr than last time, he said he has been looking at my case and said I might only have to have 3 weeks and not 5 weeks as he doesn't think a certain group of lymph nodes which the other Dr wanted to treat isn't necessary. He only wants to do chest wall & axilla and start in 3 weeks 31/8  but he has to see the CT scan and do the planning yet so things might change, but I hope not, sounds good to me. Talked a bit more then I was off for my C T scan, it was over and done with pretty quick, a little confronting, so I have three tiny blue tattoos dots to align me up each time in the exact place I can hardly see them.
Talked about using mepitel and yes they have it and I can give it ago, hopefully I won't have to much trouble as soon it will be getting humid up here in the N.T. they say leave it on till Fri then take it off for the weekend and moisturize then reapply with new on the Mon. Fingers crossed it will be ok after all I've read about it I'd really like to try it? 
So pleased to have got through another stage of my journey☺ but still have those wonderful side effects to go through YUK! Not looking forward to that dreadful bone pain, it's like you just just start to feel good again then you have to go through it all again I'm not going to miss that one bit. 
Such a happy, wonderful, relived feeling came over me today finishing chemo.
I hope everyone else is going alright in their journey's 
Hugs xx
  • @Fern88 the blistering was also my biggest concern, thank goodness I have none, but the burns and peeling ain’t fun either 😐. Stick to it, and keep it under your arm as well as much as you can. Don’t do what I did. You’ll think it’s fine cos it doesn’t show until a few weeks later, when it’s too late. This mepitel is a godsend. If it doesn’t stick, put superglue on it!! No, I’m kidding 😆, but do your best to make it stay. Radio will fly past, believe me 😊😘
  • Hi @FLClover thank you, yes I'm thinking it will be a lot easy, my biggest worry is the possible burning, blistering etc
    That's why I'm keen for the mepitel, I have to have it under my arm also hoping my will stick/stay there. 
    Hugs xx
  • Congratulations @Fern88!! Massive achievement 😁. I didn’t do chemo but I can imagine how thrilled you must be to have finished it. I think radiation will be quite easy in comparison. And yes, do the mepitel!! My skin that was always covered has zero burns, as opposed to skin that wasn’t which is quite red and painful now. Good luck in your next step!! It can only get better 😊🍀 Xx