Just finished my first cycle of chemo,only three more to go. wasnt too bad if im honest,better than the last lot i had. Just hope the shit does its thing now and my body decides to work with it also......
fingers crossed folks. Ive plenty more stupid posts to put up on here yet,,,,,,,,,
Nice one pal, keep positive, it's the only way.
It's strange really how the different chemos react in different ways to different people. The wifes first lot, a few years ago, was done on a trial, 4 hrs each time via IV, over about 4 months, lost her hair and put on a bit of weight, but that was pretty much it on the side effects, she didn't really suffer from sickness like some. Her last lot of chemo last year, were tablets, taken daily over a fortnight then a week off, but these messed her feet and hands up, nails fell off her feet, her soles were very sore making walking difficult and her hands went the same, nails deteriorated although never fell off but her hands and arms went blotchy and sore. To be honest, the results from the tablets weren't great. She's now on anti estrogen jab and a jab for her bones every fortnight and apart from a little aching over a day or so after the jab there has been no side effects and the jabs are working really well, currently, a lot better than the last lot of chemo tablets.
The thing is, if one type of chemo doesn't work, there's plenty of alternatives to have a crack at, that's what the oncologist tells us anyway and he heads up the trials at Clatterbridge, so we go with whatever he says.
