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Jacqueline's avatar
15 years ago

Surviving

Hi girls, well I have had my second Taxotere and survived, the first week was not too good but recovered much faster than after the first cycle of Tax, once again the side effects keep coming, today the red patches are coming out day 9 after the dose, still waves of nausea and muscle soreness but getting there. One more to go, whoo hoo.

Was feeling a bit down on day 4 and 5 I think it was because I was thinking that it was going to be like the first cycle and go on until the last cycle and for 2 1/2 weeks after which would have been a total of about 9 weeks of feeling lousy but thank goodness it is better this time.

Hope everyone is taking care.

Cheerio

Jacqui xxxx

 

9 Replies

  • Nah Louise you are not starting a trend, I am just counting my blessings for each bad thing there usually is something good .............still looking for some of that good it is a little late arriving but then if you count that I only have 1 more chemo and the radiotherapy then I guess I am lucky and all seems to be working so far everything else is fixable.

    Poor you having to cope with moving unpacking and this all at once, moving is a big enough stress.....never mind you will feel a lot better once you know what you have to do its a relief to start moving towards that end goal.

    Well I went to work this morning and it wasn't too bad I am very tired now but will stay up and go to bed early as i am going to go again tomorrow if all goes well it is only for 3 1/2 hrs but at the moment that is enough, specially when we are busy.

    Keep us informed of how you go Louise and what you will be doing, if you have any questions I am happy to help if I can if not there is always someone here that will be able to help you.

    Cheerio for now,

    Luv Jacqui xxx

  • Nah Louise you are not starting a trend, I am just counting my blessings for each bad thing there usually is something good .............still looking for some of that good it is a little late arriving but then if you count that I only have 1 more chemo and the radiotherapy then I guess I am lucky and all seems to be working so far everything else is fixable.

    Poor you having to cope with moving unpacking and this all at once, moving is a big enough stress.....never mind you will feel a lot better once you know what you have to do its a relief to start moving towards that end goal.

    Well I went to work this morning and it wasn't too bad I am very tired now but will stay up and go to bed early as i am going to go again tomorrow if all goes well it is only for 3 1/2 hrs but at the moment that is enough, specially when we are busy.

    Keep us informed of how you go Louise and what you will be doing, if you have any questions I am happy to help if I can if not there is always someone here that will be able to help you.

    Cheerio for now,

    Luv Jacqui xxx

  • Hi Jacqui

    I have been reading your "blogs" which has put my own problems into perspectiv! Wow, you've really had it all happening this year. Well done for getting through it all and staying so positive. It's the only way to go.

    I had my diagnosis 3 weeks after moving house, so I still feel like I'm living out of boxes at the moment. See my Oncologist for the first time on Monday for news on Chemo. Hopefully then I can start to move on also.

    Glad to hear the fish survived their big adventure! My washing machine is on the blink so I have all fingers crossed that it isn't the start of a trend..lol..

    Good luck withe Radiotherapy. xLouisex

  • Good news about the fish.I think you'll find that you'll be so relieved when all your treatments are over.In anycase,they don't let you off the leash for long.   You'll have 3 monthly checkups with your surgeon for awhile yet. I'm at the stage where I don't want to go near a doctor or a dentist.I'm way overdue for checkups.Sounds like the bad karma might have lifted for you.

                              Tonya xx

        

  • Good news about the fish.I think you'll find that you'll be so relieved when all your treatments are over.In anycase,they don't let you off the leash for long.   You'll have 3 monthly checkups with your surgeon for awhile yet. I'm at the stage where I don't want to go near a doctor or a dentist.I'm way overdue for checkups.Sounds like the bad karma might have lifted for you.

                              Tonya xx

        

  • Glad to report that my homeless fish survived the 2 days and then 150k trip and have now been adopted by my son.

    Had a great morning at Look Good Feel Better unfortunately it wasn't until the end that everyone got over their shyness and started to interact and we had a chance to talk to each other but not long enough as the volunteers understandably were wanting to pack up and go....how lucky we were to receive all these products for free people are really generous.

    The wheels are in motion to organise my radiotherapy so that it flows on straight after the chemo.

    I was thinking it must be strange after all this is finished and I am set adrift in that big wide world on my own again!!!! Oh well I will always have BCNA as a life line.

    Cheerio for now,

    Jacqui xxxx

  • All going well I will be having a family dinner and then a big get together after the radiotherapy then full steam ahead to recovery and back to normal living.........that will probably take a bit of getting used to at first after almost a year.

    Would you believe that my fish tank split from top to bottom on Saturday, water water everywhere, I was shocked what else can go wrong for me this year??????? Lucky if they survive until tomorrow my son will adopt the fish for me the poor things are homeless at the moment and forced to live in a bucket...just as well it didn't happen tomorrow as we will be away for the whole day and there would have been no water left and all the electrical things still working..pump, heater, filter and air stone could have been a fire or something plus a flooded loungeroom...I have had fish tanks for about 35 years and this is the first time this has happened, they usually just spring a leak at one of the joins this split where there was no join just a rounded front corner and this tank is only about 5 years old the first one lasted about 19 yrs with heaps of moves the second one lasted until I upgraded to this one and had also had several moves this one was never moved but of course they won't admit that there must have been some sort of fault in the manufacture for this to have happened. What a saga

    So so far this year that is the fridge,washing machine, pool pump, electric blanket and now the fish tank, not to mention some small things like the toaster, and slow cooker.........maybe I should move out of here until next year???

    Well hope you  are keep well at least I am getting closer to the end of chemo that has to count for something and hopefully all those little cancer cells are as dead as door nails.

    Jacqui xxxx

  • Glad to hear you are hanging in there.I bet you are marking the days off now -soon be finished.I hope you are planning some serious whooping it up soon when you feel better.

                                                         Tonya xx

  • Hi Jacqui, good to hear that this one is treating you a bit better than that last one. I have also developed red patches on my face this time, something that didn't happen before. Well you are almost there. . .how exciting.  Hope you continue to feel this way & can finally enjoy some feeling 'normal' time before the next one. Take care.

    Loretta xxx