Second AC, don’t know if I can hack this
had my second AC after almost 2 weeks of feeling pretty normal, now back in the depths of despair, day 6, don’t know how I will get through, feel less than human.
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AC is tough Spillsy. It is a real bastard. I did 4x dose dense (seems like that is your treatment too?) . If I had to rock up to number 5 I would have told them where they could shove it....and that would not have been be in my arm.
For me, just focusing on the round I was doing and not looking too far ahead helped. The digestive issues AC caused (well it is actually the anti-nausea tablet that does it) were degrading and almost unbearable. I could not seem to get on top of the constipation for any length of time and some 6 weeks after finishing my last AC I still suffer periodically from haemmeroids. They come and go and do not heal I suppose, even though I am treating them, due to still doing chemo (now on paclitaxel ...one round left - YIPPEE!) AC made me feel a cross between seasick-morning sick-hungover. I ate like a maniac at 3 in the morning and craved crappy food (yes I know.....this of course contributed majorly to the constipation) but I could not stop myself. Having an empty stomach felt incredibly awful. Oncologist then put me on Pantoprazole, which helped a little with that feeling. How are you going with food and digestive issues?
Thinking of you doing some hard yards there in beautiful Hobart.
For me, just focusing on the round I was doing and not looking too far ahead helped. The digestive issues AC caused (well it is actually the anti-nausea tablet that does it) were degrading and almost unbearable. I could not seem to get on top of the constipation for any length of time and some 6 weeks after finishing my last AC I still suffer periodically from haemmeroids. They come and go and do not heal I suppose, even though I am treating them, due to still doing chemo (now on paclitaxel ...one round left - YIPPEE!) AC made me feel a cross between seasick-morning sick-hungover. I ate like a maniac at 3 in the morning and craved crappy food (yes I know.....this of course contributed majorly to the constipation) but I could not stop myself. Having an empty stomach felt incredibly awful. Oncologist then put me on Pantoprazole, which helped a little with that feeling. How are you going with food and digestive issues?
Thinking of you doing some hard yards there in beautiful Hobart.