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Mary Jo · 12-01-2007, 05:23 AM

Hi Suzanne,

I'm happy you got your first tx out of the way. That's always a great feeling to move forward and know what to expect. I remember receiving my first chemo - oh geez - the moment she "turned the drip on" I thought - "here I go" - "I'm probably going to die!!!!!!!" LOL! I didn't. I sit here now 2 years out since chemo and all is well.

I can't speak to the "jittery" feeling you are experiencing as I didn't experience that. I remember the "stoned feeling" or as I called it "foggy brain" syndrome and that came and went as chemo was administered. I think after a while you just kind of get use to the way you feel while going through chemo. I remember thinking it wasn't just that bad but my husband reminds me that it wasn't as "easy" as I often make it sound. But, like I said, after a while it just "seems" normal to feel like you feel and I'm the type that pushes myself through most things. So, it just was what it was.

Sending you prayers for successful chemo cycles. May it treat your body kindly but do the "work" it's suppose to do.

God Bless you Suzanne and thank you for sharing your first experience with chemo with us.

Love & Peace,

Mary Jo
Romans 8:28

12-01-2007, 05:23 AM	#2
Mary Jo Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sheboygan, WI Posts: 2,582	Hi Suzanne, I'm happy you got your first tx out of the way. That's always a great feeling to move forward and know what to expect. I remember receiving my first chemo - oh geez - the moment she "turned the drip on" I thought - "here I go" - "I'm probably going to die!!!!!!!" LOL! I didn't. I sit here now 2 years out since chemo and all is well. I can't speak to the "jittery" feeling you are experiencing as I didn't experience that. I remember the "stoned feeling" or as I called it "foggy brain" syndrome and that came and went as chemo was administered. I think after a while you just kind of get use to the way you feel while going through chemo. I remember thinking it wasn't just that bad but my husband reminds me that it wasn't as "easy" as I often make it sound. But, like I said, after a while it just "seems" normal to feel like you feel and I'm the type that pushes myself through most things. So, it just was what it was. Sending you prayers for successful chemo cycles. May it treat your body kindly but do the "work" it's suppose to do. God Bless you Suzanne and thank you for sharing your first experience with chemo with us. Love & Peace, Mary Jo Romans 8:28 __________________ "Be still and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10 Dx. 6/24/05 age 45 Right Breast IDC ER/PR. Neg., - Her2+++ RB Mast. - 7/28/05 - 4 cm. tumor Margins clear - 1 microscopic cell 1 sent. node No Vasucular Invasion 4 DD A/C - 4 DD Taxol & Herceptin 1 full year of Herceptin received every 3 weeks 28 rads prophylactic Mast. 3/2/06 17 Years NED <>< Romans 8:28