Feeling very isolated
I am 35, and was diagnosed last year on July 12th with triple negative inflammatory breast cancer. I started AC double dose chemo on the 27th of July and then paclitaxal 21st of September. Early Novem...
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It just feels like every stage something has gone wrong. I also have deep veins and very sensitive skin so every treatment has been a trial of pain and endurance just due to the cannula in the wrist or back of my hand. Add in that I was allergic to pacli and instead of 2 hours it would take 6+ hours to do. Now Carboplatin has turned out to feel like the allergic reaction of the paclitaxal during the infusion and then nausea and low energy, stamina and shortness of breath for 2.5 weeks afterwards - with AC I only had that for a week! I’m worried about the second one this week.
Flatmate situation has deteriorated so it looks like I’ll be moving house within the month on top of everything else. So I’m trying to reach out now, in the knowledge that the next month is going to be hard and I’m going to need extra support. Thank you for the responses. I’ve joined the young women’s group and LGBTQIA group. Thank you