Dealing with chemo - Page 6

Financialgrl · ‎03-13-2010

@daisyk wrote:
@Financialgrl...Thank you so much for your reply! Your story is inspiring. Thankfully I have been able to eat pretty well. The meds they give you really help with that. So I have 2 chemo's down-6 to go. I'm having AC for 4 and then Taxol for 4 later in the summer. I don't know about radiation yet. I guess we'll see after surgery and all. Probably the worst side effect has been the fatigue, but I am off from work and my daughter is college age, so just need to worry about myself. I feel lucky there. Thank you again, it means so much to me to hear from women who have walked this path.

@daisyk I had the same ACT treatment (Adryamyacin, Cytoxin and Taxotere) - Onc said that's long been the gold standard for most breast cancers. If you have to have radiation - you'll do fine - I found that much easier but it does present other issues but I could drive and at least somewhat get back to my life during radiation. Keep up what you are doing - rest, rest and more rest and you got this!!

Teddie · ‎03-10-2010

I am in amazement for what you dear ladies are and have been through. You have my love and respect.

jubilant · ‎06-10-2010

@daisyk Just a little note to let you know I said a prayer for you this morning. While I haven't had cancer, we have had a fair share of trauma and illness in our lives and I know it is my faith that keeps me hanging on and gives me hope for better days ahead. God be with you in a special way today.

daisyk · ‎05-20-2011

@jubilant...Thank you so much for the prayer, it means so much to me!

joey08 · ‎03-22-2010

Have you heard about using fenbendazole for cancer? people are having a lot of success with it.Read the Joe Tippens Story.all my best to you

JackieHN · ‎09-23-2011

daisyk you need to come to the cancer survivor thread where most of us have gone through cancer, mostly breast. We can help you through this since most of us have gone through chemo. We know all of the tricks by trial and error.

Just try to remember that your chemo journey is all for the greater good. You will get through it. Sometimes kicking and screaming. Yes you will tired, rest. Losing hair is the one thing that got to all of us. I scared the poor UPS guy because I didn't have my hat on. Hair grows back. Nausea, take your zofran or whatever they put you on long before it starts and keep taking it for about 2 days. Eat light. No fried or greasy food.

Try as you might to not feel sorry for yourself. Chemo and treatment will end. You'll recover. Try to keep positive. It's just a journey your forced to go through right now.

dex · ‎03-09-2010

@daisyk @I was just checking in on you to see how you are doing with your treatments.I hope that you will not experience too many side effects.I am praying for you to heal faster after each treatment.Big hugs for you.

daisyk · ‎05-20-2011

@dex...Thank you so much for thinking of me! I am doing well. I go for my 3rd round on Mon June 3. Other than fatigue, the side effects have not been terrible. I feel blessed. Hugs back to you!

HerRoyaLioness · ‎03-13-2010

@daisyk- I had Triple Negative breast cancer (aggressive type) that had spread to my lymph nodes. The 2 different chemos, plus the Neulasta I had, hit me like a ton of bricks in every way possible. I could not have imagined the intensity with which it came.I thought I was prepared, but I was not.

The way I viewed it was that I knew for certain the chemo was doing it's job, very well, of getting any nasty cancer cells that might be hiding. The more it hurt and the more symptoms I had actually reassured me that the chemo was doing what it needed to and doing it well and I wanted it to - I wanted to let it do what it needed to.

I also knew there was a light at the end of the tunnel and my body would try it's best to recover from the attack on it. After the better part of a year it was all done and things slowly, in my case, got better. I did have to work during most of this (when I could, not my really bad chemo days) and during radiation also, so I think it slowed my recovery a little. I also live alone, so didn't have anyone to help out on a daily basis.

My prognosis was 3 yrs and it has now been 6yrs, so the chemo DID do it's job! I have a few residual effects, but for the most part came out ok and am happy for every day of life I have.

I'm sure it will be the same with you - remember the light is there at the end of this awful journey you are on and even though you have the effects of the chemo, remember, it's doing its job!

My best wishes for you - you're stronger than you know,

Lannie

daisyk · ‎05-20-2011

@HerRoyaLioness..I love your nickname and pic- Thank you so much for sharing your story. I feel so fortunate that I was able to take a leave from my work to deal with this. I only work part time anyway, but I work in a assisted living facility and I would be afraid to be around there and immuno compromised. It has to be hard as all get out to have the pressure of your job to get to. I know so many people don't have a choice. My sister did cancer twice alone-once breast years ago and then ovarian cancer. She was always a loner so she never asked for help, but in the end with the ovarian cancer she accepeted help from my sisters and me. I just mention this because i was thinking how hard it must have been for you to live alone and do this. I am looking at the chemo as a means to an end and hope it's doing what they want it to. I'm not sure yet, too early to tell. When the chemo is done I will have an MRI before going in for surgery. Then we'll see. Thank you again and continued wellness for you!