Had a look around the chemo unit today, really relaxing waiting area with fish tanks and comfy chairs. Makes it a little bit nicer to have to go to! And had a briefing with one of the chemo nurses, she told me about the drugs, the side effects, the time etc. For my first three rounds im on chemo drugs called FECT.... Aptly named for drugs no one wants! This will be done through canula and syringe, and take a couple of hours from start to finish. Been offered the cold cap treatment, basically a frozen cap you wear for all your treatment to help prevent the drugs getting to your hair follicles to save it from falling out. To start with I said Id give it a go, but on second thoughts, ive decided not to. Im going to sit there freezing my arse off for 3/4/5 hours, in the hope my hair doesn't come out however my eye lashes and eyebrows still will! So decided to conserve my energy and not use it. After the first three rounds I'll be swapping from these 3 drugs to a single chemo drug, plus an anti-hormone drug to help combat the tumour. I'll have three further rounds of the chemo drug, and a further 18 rounds of the anti-hormone treatment, in the same way as chemo. It seems the side effects are endless!! Sickness, flu like symptoms, cardiac issues, breathing issues, obviously hair loss, nail loss...... But if it kicks this tumour into touch then so be it! After my needle issues last week, ive got just two to look forward to this week. Pre-chemo bloods on Wednesday and my first round on Thursday!
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