chemo day 1
Hi yous,
I was feeling good when I first got home yesterday around noon, drinking lots of fluids, doing too much probably. ...The major mistake though was letting the nausea get ahead of me. I have a bit of a phobia around taking pills and for some reason had it in my head I would take the first nausea pill, the expensive one, at night before bed, just as it said I should, and then the "as needed" nausea pills starting the next day. In the afternoon I needed a nausea pill and thought I could tough it out until bedtime. Big mistake. It took most of the night for us to get it under control again, hmmm quite something to look forward to. Feeling much better today. Didn't think I would ever eat or drink again last night but ate a pretty good breakfast today. Duke, my husband, is a wonderful nurse, lucky me.Take care and thanks for thinking about me, Carolyn
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12/17/08 biopsy after two 6 mos mammo recalls
12/30/08 diagnosed high grade IDC & DCIS ER/PR +, Her2 (+++) post menopausal/age 57
1/15/09 double mastectomy/skin sparing; no evidence of vascular/lymphatic invasion, 8neg/8 nodes (tumor 8.0mm)
2/16/09 given portacath/removed 4/30/10
2/18/09 "surprise" 2.0mm tumor/positive borders~completed 28 rads 10/09.
2/23/09 until 4/19/10~treatments every 3wks (4 Cytoxan + Adriamycin, 4 Taxol + Herceptin, 13 Herceptin alone)
8/09 osteoporosis diagnosis/Zometa 3 yrs of 1x/6 months
Chemo side effects; Deafness, kidney function loss
11/09 began Aromatase Inhibitor (Femara)/Feb2014, stopped Femara early/after 3 mos began Tamoxifen for 8 mos to complete 5 years
11/10 Reconstruction, directly to silicone implants
12/11 nipples by skin graft/Right breast size reduced
I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind
Some come from ahead and some come from behind.
But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see.
Now my troubles are going to have trouble with me!
Dr. Seuss
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