Starting Treatment
Hi to all,
Just new to this site and was wondering if anyone could give me any info on my journey head. I start Chemo on the 5th of April 4 rounds of Docetaxel / Cyclophoshamide and Herceptin. Anyt...
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Hi Sharnie,
What with having 2 bouts of breast cancer,I've had every treatment except reconstruction.Radiation is the most "doable".The staff will tell you which creams to use.Sometimes presciption ones if skin is too red or breaking.It's just tedious cos it's every day.You will get tired towards midway and need to have a daily nanna nap.My skin never broke down and I"m fair like you.
Chemo is a whole different story- much more invasive.I had Docetaxil and after the first round,landed in hospital/isolation for 4 days cos no white cells.My doctor told me that it was "too strong"for me and that it is alot harder on your hair follicles.As with all chemo ,you feel like road kill from a mack truck by around day 4 .This goes on for about 4-7days and then you start to come good.You lose your appetite and food takes weird.It's like you have a fur lined mouth.You get muscle and joint pains and the tiredness is like no other.By day 14 my hair was falling out all over the place.It is very distressing and I think,underestimated. I was TOTALLY bald for almost 3mths after chemo stopped and my hair growth has been sooooo slow. PLEASE talk to your onc. beforehand about this issue with Docetaxil. Ofcourse,it may not be a problem for you but I must be vain cos it upset me no end.We all react differently and I am hoping you girls sail through it.
luv Tonya xx