Male with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma

voncloft

Well port is in..... Next step chemo.... Yay (sarcasm)

DebAL

hang in there you may find it very doable!!!

MinusTwo

Von - good luck with chemo - tomorrow I think? Or maybe today was the first one? We cheering you on and looking forward to an update.

voncloft

It was my first experience....frankly the only side effect I have is the occasional bad taste in my mouth.

Hoping the worst to come is a bald head. Time will tell

MinusTwo

Von - Glad today was OK. Good idea to suck on ice while you're having the infusions.

Traveltext

Good news. The first infusion is a guide for subsequent ones of the same kind.

Anonymous

VC, tell those little chemo suckers to get right in there and kick ass on any lingering cells. I worked at not hating chemo during all my infusions over 5 months. I tried (sometimes it worked better than other times) to see that all side effects I experienced, from weight loss to hair loss to hypersensitive smell to mood changes to some fatigue were all proof that my chemo soldiers were getting to every part of my body -- and were completing a deep clean to get rid of any cancer cells hiding in my corners.

Reframing the experience helped me get through it.

Claire in AZ