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My sister was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 45 in February this year. Although she is positive most of the time just after each chemo treatment when she gets very very sick she becomes v...
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Hi there gailmaree and welcome - how wonderful that you are seeking information for your sister.
What you describe sounds pretty normal to me. It's exactly how I feel. I am positive and ready and willing to fight this thing 95% of the time but those few days after chemo when you feel awful my mood plummets - I cry, I wonder "why me?", I sleep (you are extremely fatigued as well). But each day is a little better and slowly my mood lifts until I think - "hey that's not so bad - I can do this" just in time to line up again and you feel a bit filled with dread on the way to the hospital to get your cocktail.
Being there, ask your sister how she would like to be helped. My Husband makes me fresh chicken soup, runs a nice bath, takes the kids out so I can sleep in peace. My friends have a meal roster so we don't have to cook on chemo weeks. Someone else helps with school pick ups. Mum when she is here does my washing and ironing and gets out in my garden.
It's hard to say what will help your sister as only she knows that. I hope that she is feeling a bit better each day.
Amanda xx