I just wanted to write to give you support, as another with TNBC, diagnosed in March 2011.
I was diagnosed at 42, and like many others had a lump/node removal, chemo and radiation. It is a long, tough road, and the side effects of chemo was pretty rough on me, but two years on, I feel that my life is starting to return to the "new normal"
I can not give any advise about the needles, lucky for me I guess, but I can only offer support and encouragement for the difficulties you are experiencing with them. All the tablets I had to take for all my chemo side effects became my problem, and swallowing them became very difficult...we just can't win either way.
You may not believe it now but there will come a time when, "Breast Cancer" is not the first thing that you think of every morning when you wake or the last thing you think of at night.
Wishing you all the best with your remaining treatment.
Paula