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RhondaH · 04-24-2007, 07:14 AM

Welcome (though sorry it had to be under these circumstances). While everyone reacts differently, you SHOULD feel fine (though maybe a little tired) after your first chemo (mine didn't HIT me until my 3rd one and until the last chemo, I walked 2 miles each day...except for chemo days and a couple of days after). You don't need to watch out for your blood counts until about day 10 (this was the time frame that I kind of kept to myself). My chemo was different (you can see in my signature), but you should be fine and you want to keep living your life as normal as possible so that you don't go crazy. Take care and God bless. BIG HUGGS.

Rhonda

04-24-2007, 07:14 AM	#2
RhondaH Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 1,516	Annie... Welcome (though sorry it had to be under these circumstances). While everyone reacts differently, you SHOULD feel fine (though maybe a little tired) after your first chemo (mine didn't HIT me until my 3rd one and until the last chemo, I walked 2 miles each day...except for chemo days and a couple of days after). You don't need to watch out for your blood counts until about day 10 (this was the time frame that I kind of kept to myself). My chemo was different (you can see in my signature), but you should be fine and you want to keep living your life as normal as possible so that you don't go crazy. Take care and God bless. BIG HUGGS. Rhonda __________________ Rhonda Dx 2/1/05, Stage 1, 0 nodes, Grade 3, ER/PR-, HER2+ (3.16 Fish) 2/7/05, Partial Mastectomy 5/18/05 Finished 6 rounds of dose dense TEC (Taxotere, Epirubicin and Cytoxan) 8/1/05 Finished 33 rads 8/18/05 Started Herceptin, every 3 weeks for a year (last one 8/10/06) 2/1/13...8 year Cancerversary and I am "perfect" (at least where cancer is concerned;) " And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."- Abraham Lincoln