Hello

Hi Maria, lucky you I was only given zofran on the day of chemo and 5 tablets to take home to have morning and night for 2 days after the chemo, that is why I had to get some from my GP and the only reason I knew to ask for that was when I rang the unit and was told to "keep the fluids up" she mumbled something about if it got no better in a day or two I could probably have zofran that was when I got straight on to my GP. I find this attitude frustrating as I have chemo on the Friday and live out of town so it is not convenient if I need something on the weekend as my dr doesn't work weekends so for me forewarned is forearmed, I can get a script and have the stuff here just in case.

I found the first cycle a breeze felt unwell for only about 2-3 days  the second one unwell for about 4-5 days and few more side effects slipped in and this time it flattened me for 6-7 days and the heartburn  started, but everyone is different and I am not telling you this to worry you but sometimes knowing what is going to happen helps.

Are you FEC for the whole 6 cycles or change 1/2 way through?

One of the girls has told me that with Taxotare (what I will be having for the next 3 cycles) I will be trading the nausea for headaches and muscle and joint pain, I think I would rather have the nausea as I used to suffer from migraine headaches so am not looking forward to that, but then again I might not get them, I tend to take everything on board then just wait and see what happens.

Don't hesitate to ask any questions I am only too happy to help if I can.

Chin up there is light at the end of the tunnel and each cycle makes that light shine brighter.

Cheerio for now,

Jacqui