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I have had my tumour removed and was pleased that it was cleanly excised and that it was found early. However it was fast growing and had found it's way to one of my lymph glands - so chemotheraphy ...
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Hi Sue,
My advice to you is 'take it easy'. If you push your body now, you will most certainly pay for it in the end.
There are a lot of different chemo's out there, and of course, they affect everyone differently. I have found the one common denominator with all (from talking to and reading other patients blogs) is that you will feel like you have been hit by a Mack truck - there is no getting away from this.
I know of several people who continue working whilst they are having chemo, and even though the tiredness is overwhelming, they seem to cope OK. I guess it depends on what type of work you do. Also, there are many young women, with young children or babies, who still seem to be able to cope whilst on chemo. The bottom line is, 'we do what we gotta do'.
As for the drainage tube, if it needs to stay there - then leave it there! Better that all the gunk drains out now rather than cause serious problems later on.
Good luck with everything.
Di :)