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Chemo number 4 already
Fourth chemo! Not bad… New drug (as planned from the beginning) so trying to find out what to expect! And until then drugs in different forms and administration ways (sigh)! My hemoglobin is getting low on the other hand…not fun! Almost like living in a 70-year-old’s body. Not a healthy such! First week’s symptoms: extremely tired and flu like aches all over. On the fun side of life, I’m expecting more visitors soon! I just hope the ‘bitch’ part doesn’t return and the side effects are not too many… As it seems right now I’m missing the Christmas party at work and not traveling over the holidays for the first…
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Beauty and the bitch
Last week before my next chemo. The highlight of this week was a makeup course for women with cancer. I was expecting this for months! The timing was perfect…my eyebrows are getting thinner and my eyelashes are waving goodbye! Luckily it’s happening very slowly…for now. Got a lot of products (for free!) and advice and above that met women my age also fighting breast cancer. We had a chat in the end. In some way it felt so comforting hearing lots of my thoughts, fears and reactions coming from someone else’s mouth! I’ve been sceptical about joining groups or attending meetings for patients. I was mostly scared that I would…
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Chemo nr 3!
Third chemotherapy check! I start feeling it more and more… But still trying to hang in there. Not easy though! I could really use a trip right now!! I miss travelling soo much! And there are so many people I’d love to see! The reason I’m not doing it is because of the risk of infections… It’s autumn so high season for such! So for now I’m happy even for short excursions. I’ve had some challenging weeks lately. Turns out focusing on others’ problems wasn’t that smart during the first chemo week. I felt irritated this time and I don’t know what caused it. Exercise helped later on… But the margins…