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phoenixbeach
phoenixbeach Member Posts: 1
edited June 2014 in Managing Side Effects of Breast Cancer and Its Treatment

I can't believe I am posting on this site, I start chemo tomorrow and am absolutely terrified.  I know all the intellectual "stuff" about what I need to do this, but emotionally am a wreck...anyone starting on this journey tomorrow...

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  • christine47
    christine47 Member Posts: 1,454
    edited April 2011

    Not starting tomorrow, but wish you the best of luck.  I thought the 1st was the hardest, fear of the unknown, it gets soo much easier.  Check into the April 2010 chemo group, you can get encouragement from this group I am sure.

    Hugs to you.

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  • flopsy
    flopsy Member Posts: 365
    edited April 2011

    phoenixbeach,  I did chemo last summer and I was also aware intellectually of what I needed to do but the mental aspect was the worst.  I made it through chemo and I am doing pretty well, so I am sure you will too.  I will say a prayer for you this evening and again in the a.m.  My faith is truly what has brought me this far and I count my blessings daily.  I do not know what chemo you are having but it is probablythe same as mine was.  Hugs to you and I will be with you in spirit!

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  • ktym
    ktym Member Posts: 2,637
    edited April 2011

    Phoenixbeach, I did chemo Jan 2009, just wanted to stop in and say good luck, our thoughts are with you.  I'm sure this thread will fill up as the month goes on.  In the meantime, please check back and let us know how things went and how you are doing.  Hugs.

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  • ktym
    ktym Member Posts: 2,637
    edited April 2011

    Phoenixbeach, hope things went okay today.  Wanted to be sure you had seen the chemo April 2011 thread.

    http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/69/topic/766581?page=1#idx_30 

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  • jrgolomb
    jrgolomb Member Posts: 1,236
    edited April 2011

    Hello PhoenixBeach.  I am also a Michigander.  I, like KMMD, went through chemo in January of 2009.  In fact, Kmmd was/is a huge support as we went "through treatment together".  I think you will appreciate the April 2011 thread.  At any rate, you made it through the 1st day, I hope.  I had treatment on a Thursday, went back to work on Friday and collapsed during the weekend.  I am not yet a retired teacher, but found working was the best for me.  I found work to be more of an environment of support than at home where I felt it was important to  maintain the status quo for my teen daughter.  That was what worked for me.

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