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caya · 04-22-2008, 08:40 PM

Good luck Kathy. I didn't have my port inserted in time for my first chemo, but it was fine. I was ready to go for the second one.

The best advice is to relax, drink alot and take the anti-nausea meds BEFORE the nausea starts. It's more difficult to play "catch-up" with it, it's easier to nip it before it starts. Take the meds. Do not be a hero. Rest when you need to. Take all offers of frozen casseroles etc. You will be fine.

I am thinking of you and wishing you well.

all the best
caya

04-22-2008, 08:40 PM	#2
caya Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Thornhill, Ontario Canada Posts: 2,320	Good luck Kathy. I didn't have my port inserted in time for my first chemo, but it was fine. I was ready to go for the second one. The best advice is to relax, drink alot and take the anti-nausea meds BEFORE the nausea starts. It's more difficult to play "catch-up" with it, it's easier to nip it before it starts. Take the meds. Do not be a hero. Rest when you need to. Take all offers of frozen casseroles etc. You will be fine. I am thinking of you and wishing you well. all the best caya __________________ ER90%+/PR 50%+/HER 2+ 1.7 cm and 1.0 cm. Stage 1, grade 2, Node Negative (16 nodes tested) MRM Dec.18/06 3 x FEC, 3 x Taxotere Herceptin - every 3 weeks for a year, finished May 8/08 Tamoxifen - 2 1/2 years Femara - Jan. 1, 2010 - July 18, 2012 BRCA1/BRCA2 Negative Dignosed 10/16/06, age 48 , premenopausal Mild lymphedema diagnosed June 2009 - breast surgeon and lymph. therapist think it's completely reversible - hope so. Reclast infusion January 2012 Oopherectomy October 2013 15 Years NED!!