TC Chemotherapy

I had really miserable joint and muscle pain. It also really stirred up the problems I have with extensive scar tissue and encapsulation around my implants. Unfortunately the AI drugs are making it very difficult to recover from the physical aspects, it's been over a year and I have stalled and am still requiring physio, pain relief and am now seeing a podiatrist as my feet are collapsing which is affecting my knees and hips. All of this might have happened anyway, but I don't think so. It took a long time for me to get help with physical rehab, there are no exercise physiologists or structured programs here and it is only now that I qualify as chronic that I have been able to get any subsidized professional assistance for my feet.

Fatigue is my main issue. I am just exhausted by mid afternoon regardless of what I do, or do not do, in the morning. That is not helping me get back into the workforce. Financially, this is a disaster. Chemo brain is also a very real condition for some. Perhaps I am too hard on myself, but it saps confidence when I make silly mistakes and can't remember things I should. That doesn't help my mental health.

I had AC chemo in 2006 and while I won't say it was easy, I recovered quickly. You really do not know what the future brings.

Regarding nausea, it's a shame that the home remedy I used during chemo on both occasions is not readily available, I never threw up or used antiemetics. I did, however, use valium for a couple of days after treatment. TBH, I'd have used heroin if I could have got hold of it and slept through the misery days when the physical pain was far worse than any other symptoms. That would have been naughty and is not recommended, but it doesn't mean I didn't lie there considering it. Using narcotics/opiates when you are in extreme circumstances is unlikely to lead to addiction--good medicos simply wont prescribe enough to get you into trouble and if you use them strictly as directed they can make a great deal of difference in the short term..