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balogabear · 11-03-2011, 01:30 AM

Thanx all for sharing your experiences it really is helpful. CB I have had the first round of FEC75 and although I did feel weird no sickness just really tired. I did however not feel hungry and had to make sure I ate at regular intervals.
The only reason I did consider saying no to chemo was that apart from the HER2+ everything else was negative. The cold cap wasn't that bad and having read stories on the net about the pain for the first 15 min I am concerned that it wasn't working properly.
I am in the UK, and once passed the very useless GP the hospital staff involved in my care have been great.
I am going to have FEC75 at 3wkly intervals followed by Herceptin and radiotherapy,
Thankyou all so much for your advice because I will defo be drinking lots of water now

11-03-2011, 01:30 AM	#7
balogabear Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 12	Re: advice please Thanx all for sharing your experiences it really is helpful. CB I have had the first round of FEC75 and although I did feel weird no sickness just really tired. I did however not feel hungry and had to make sure I ate at regular intervals. The only reason I did consider saying no to chemo was that apart from the HER2+ everything else was negative. The cold cap wasn't that bad and having read stories on the net about the pain for the first 15 min I am concerned that it wasn't working properly. I am in the UK, and once passed the very useless GP the hospital staff involved in my care have been great. I am going to have FEC75 at 3wkly intervals followed by Herceptin and radiotherapy, Thankyou all so much for your advice because I will defo be drinking lots of water now __________________ June 2011: visited GP, she wasnt concerned, infact didn't even perform an examination. 19/7/11 : nurse appointment refered to hospital 21/7/11: scan, mammogram and biopsy at hospital 2/8/11: diagnosis 12/08/11 operation to remove lump 6/9/11: results day :( clear margins, no lymph involvement BUT HER2+. diagnosed at 43 years young left breast invasive ductal cancer plus high grade DCIS post WLE plus SLNB 12th August pT1b NO G3 10mm pluss DCIS 0/3 NODES NEGATIVE ER-ve, PR-ve, HER2+ve chemo recomended 6 cycles of FEC75 at 3 weekly intervals radiotherapy to a total of 40Gy in 15 fraction and herceptin on completion of chemo cycle 1 : 25/10/11 cycle 2 : 16/10/11 two down and counting :)