March 2012 chemo

Trail-awesome news! Makes all this stuff worth it!

Trailgirl- love hearing that news!!!! I guess this stuff does work. We go in for each treatment, suffer through them and always wonder is it really working.

You have given us some hope!

Good morning everybody! Yay on the good news TG and westwoodmom! My SEs from Taxol #3 seem to have finally gone away. Just in time for the weekend - woohoo! Hope everyone is having a good day.

Kam, so well said.  My MO has been pretty supportive of anything I wanted to try, like icing my nails, but I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have been able to tell me how to do it. 

Sissydi, good to hear from you!  Are you at least halfway through the Taxol?  Hope so.

Well #7 is out of the way, just have to survive the SE's. My MO mearures the tumor each time I go and it didn't change on the last round, but the lymph node he could feel has gotten smaller. So that't one positive I guess. I will just have to stay positive that 7 will do more good.

lanagraves-glad you're feeing better for the weekend

Kam-slow and steady for the neuropathy, it will keep getting better.

Asked my MO if my port will be taken out when I get surgery, he said probably not. And then said we will talk about it. He is just not cooperating with me! I don't know why they would leave it in and I sould have to have it flushed every 4-5 weeks from what I understand. That will prevent me from traveling! 

Stephib, hoping and praying for you too, and oh - there is nothing worse than the waiting!  Holding your hand through it!

Happy Summer to my fellow-Marchers!

I'm checking in after a few weeks away... I completed the TCx4 regiment on May 2nd so life has gotten busy outside of dealing with "c"... which has been a great relief for me (to think about other things!!)



My heart goes out to you AC-T gals (and guys if there are any here). TC kicked my ass... but its been 7 weeks and 4 days since my last tx and life is good! Hair is almost covering my skull skin enough to go topless all the time... I go topless a lot but not in public too much. my boyfriend d says in a few more weeks it will look intentional. still looks like a product of "c".



I believe my hair is growing pretty fast from what I've read. I sit in the sun without hat as much as possible, I'm take yoga -- the exercise could be stimulating growth, I take biotin, vit E, D, and a multi from my naturopath. I wash with Nioxin kit #3, and evenings I alternate applying topical vit E and vinegar rinses.



My energy level is better than it was in the year leading up to diagnosis! I had suspected something was "wrong" and had been trying to fix my energy levels for the past 2 years but it kept getting worse.. I had a hard time getting out of bed... I now believe its because my body was fighting the tumors because I feel like my old energetic self again!



I'm also taking 3xs daily a tincture that detoxes at cellular level - given to me from naturopath. don't recall name rights now.. but can post those details if anyones interested.



AND a friend/energy worker did some energy work on me... and I gotta tell ya... whether its a coincidence or not.. that's when my energy spiked back up to my old self. So I plan to continue seeing her!



Ive been on Tamoxifen for about 20 days... and haven't felt any obvious symptoms. Im not sleeping as well as usual.... could be the hot flashes. I bought a " chillow" and highly reccomend it! Its a thin "pillow" that somehow stays cooler than your head. its non-toxic and doesn't smell or bother asthma. I love it! not expensive either. google chillow if inerested!



Other post-chemo things you may or may not share with me.... my nails from the TC have waves in them.. a couple have dark streaks under them... my thumbnails look strange... I'm waiting for the waves and dark areas to grow out.. but so far they are not improved. But no pain... the little nueropathy I had is gone.

What I call the "chemo-ache" seems to be gone now... that took about 4 weeks.. I think yoga helped (taking 90 min classes of hot yoga 2 times a week and vinyasa yoga 1 time a week....its pretty intense and challenging.but during hot yoga I'm dripping with sweat which is good.... I want to sweat toxins out)



my eyes! I didn't lose my brows during chemo but

they've gotton thinner since! Still got em tho. My

lashes got thinner during chemo... they are still thin

and seem to be hanging on. my eyes water a lot... not

sure if its from have so few lashes or what. drives me

crazy sometimes... but I expect it will go away in time.

Im deliberating about whether to try that Latisse stuff that is suppose to grow lashes. Any of you using it????



Im moving this weekend... just dropped in to share what 7weeks out is like for me... and hoping your last txs are easy. 3rd treatment was the worst one for me.... but last/4th was the easiest!



Sending love out to you all and hope you're soon posting how good you feel post-chemo.

-shera

Hi Shera! So great to hear from you! Glad you are moving on snd doing well. I really am thinking about taking yoga but don't really know what classes to take during chemo. But I feel like I'm turning into a marshmallow and walking at the pace I am probably won't help as much as I'd like.



I have lost most of my brows and lashes (camouflaging with makeup). I might try latisse or something like it after chemo.



After 4 A/C treatments I have not needed any neupogen or neulasta. Still glad I am taking the Marrow Plus.



All the best!

Sissi-you and I are still on the same schedule. 5 really made me tired this round. I have a peach fuzz that you can only see in the light since its coming in gray.



My funny for the day. My son walked up to me and said "show me your money makers". I pretended that I was going to lift my shirt and show him my boobs. He says "no mom,those are your money takers now!"

Just thought I'd start the day off here: happy Sunday to all. Quiet here, muggy but not too sunny, so bearable.

Mouth feeling gross. Bones somewhat achey. Very foggy and tired, but not unmanageable.

Smoothie: frozen banana, 2tbsp peanut butter, 1tbsp honey, and milk or CHOCOLATE milk. Oh so good. Nice on a mossy mouth, bit of protein, bit of flavour. Oh yes.

Indigomont: enjoy!! I have crashed as well...I find getting water down to be pretty hard, and thicker things like milk or smoothies are much easier to manage...also i find pudding and yogurt are good and easy as well...hope we feel better soon.

Good Monday to everyone!  Hope everyone that was feeling bad is feeling better.

I for one am wondering if I will ever sleep all night again without wanting to sleep in a walk in cooler. So far the pain has kept at a minimum  Couldn't stand not doing anything fun so went to the creek yesterday. I didn't swim though just sat in the shade. DH got sunburned which did not improve my night sweats. Only stayed a few hours and drank lots of water as it was over 100 degrees out. Came home ate pizza and DH annd I both fell asleep.

TrailGirl glad you enjoyed your visit with your niece. Congrats on almost being done! Cupcakes sound yummy. I went and looked at your photos and artwork. Beautiful, makes me wish I had some walls to hang pictures on.

Good morning everybody! Hope everyone had a good weekend. Finally finished my research proposal this weekend and work has slowed down a little so I can breathe for a bit now. Last chemo this Thursday - WOOHOO!!!! Then I have a break before radiation. I'm ready to start celebrating NOW!

lost... Thanks for the compliment on my website! I just created a 20% off code for all the Marchers...enter Marchers2012 at checkout!

I'm so excited to be done with chemo tomorrow that I have to remind myself that I will not "suddenly" feel like normal. I'll still be tired, my knees will still hurt and I'm sure to have the usual SE's. But at least it will be the LAST time!