Mum's diagnosis
Hi all, my name is Tania, my mum (Willy who is just about to turn 72) was diagnosed with HER2 positive cancer in Feb 2012, she had her lumpectomy on 22nd March. She has to have 6 rounds of Chemo (FEC...
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I had Taxotere and only got my obs done beforehand.They are mostly interested in your temp and full blood count because if your white cells are too low they won't proceed with chemo.A chemo infusion doesn't usually bother your bp and pulse unless you were having a bad reaction.You would know straight away if that was happening and the nurse would stop the infusion and do obs.Obviously some drug infusions and blood transfusions require close monitoring- maybe your infusion is one of them? I can remember only wanting to eat vegie soup,lemon cordial and lemonade iceblocks.Everything tasted yuk and my mouth felt like it was lined with fur. Yes that brain fog is awful -lucky your mum has you to dish out the meds.Hopefully your mum will be feeling a little better tomorrow. Keep up the good work!
Tonya xx