Starting Chemo September 2015; join us!

Southern- yeah really I'd like to see them even try. i hope you feel better soon.

hang tight ladies one chemo at a time. I go tomorrow for #7 of 8; taxol #3. My mo nurse told me last visit (when I was a crying mess) to take them 1 at a time, don't look too far ahead as not to get overwhelmed. Remember a lot of how we are feeling is a combo of steroids and chemopause. Just look at how far we have come.We got this. We will all be ringing the bell or celebrating with out treatment teams and family when we are done. And we will be celebrating each other here. Maybe on that Caribbean island. With margaritas and feeling great in the warm sunshine.

you got it southern. Margaritas on the beach. All are invited.

Cajunqueen- thank you for the diet list! 

So honey and stevia is ok? Right? 

Southern - Thanks for checking up on me! I took a break from the forum and haven't read through all the postings, but glad you are having a better day today. (Interesting how grateful I can feel to just have a mediocre day with no nausea!)

I had my second low-dose Taxol treatment today and it went well. I know a couple of you are on the same schedule and hope your infusions have been no-drama.

At my last doc exam three weeks ago my MO said the tumor was smaller and softer. Today she said the edges were "indistinct" and that it was hard for her to find manually. At my diagnosis in August, there was a lot of emphasis on how my tumor would respond to neoadjuvant chemo. Apparently the A/C and Taxol are doing their jobs! So today is a day of hope.

Wishing all of you celebrating here in the U.S. a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with good appetite, strength, courage and the opportunity to do whatever the heck you feel like doing! And hugs this week to our Canadian, Finnish, New Zealand and other certified worldwide Courage Club members.

(These bad boys will feature heavily in my Turkey Day:)

Cinque, I went down the 18 steps to our backyard Friday to put the chickens up, and wasn't sure I was getting back up the stairs because my knee wouldn't hold me. It was only that bad for a few hours.

I have about half my lashes, and eyebrows are starting to thin. Every one I shed gets stuck in my eye, which makes my eyes water, which washes off the makeup I put on to hide my thinning lashes. It's a vicious cycle.

Getting to the office is a little easier for me. My husband works in the same complex, so we can carpool. The kids are home this week, and the office is so peaceful compared to home. And I'm playing catch up. The chemo brain from AC is gone, and folks here have adjusted to my appearance. I haven't thought about cancer for hours. My brain needed the break.

This is all temporary!

Scotland and Fidget - My eyebrows are going-going-almost-gone, too! Fidget, I *love* that T-shirt and know my MO would too.

Yep: This is temporary! We all need that Roman dude who whispered to the guy getting the triumph parade: "This too shall pass."

Aga, Stevia is fine and small amounts of honey. I take an omega 3 6 9 supplement and I also drink 1/4 tsp of baking soda with water 30 mins before eating or drinking anything else in the morning. And I add a splash to coffee, if I drink it (gross, I know). Tea is fine as is. I don't know if this will have any effect on recurrence, but I felt better on this diet pre chemo, so I'm carrying on with exception of some dairy, which I haven't been able to give up yet. Happy weight is holding steady too.

Woke up this morning totally drenched in sweat... No fever. Is this the precursor to menopause?

My eyebrows are thinning and my lashes are dropping out slowly, one by one, and getting stuck in my eyes (ouch). Very thinned out bits of crazy-looking head hairs are still hanging on for dear life. My older son is home for a short visit I'm trying to be exra careful to remember to keep a hat on all the time while he's here. More and more I go head-naked in the house because my scalp sweats so much, but I really don't want to shock him. However, the photo he showed us of our younger son's current attempt at his very first beard was shocking (and funny!) enough Will have to practice keeping a straight face before he comes home for Christmas

Also, the past couple days my mouth tastes terrible --- no infection, no sores (yet), just suddenly so dry, so I now make a double pot of that salt/baking soda mouthwash and swish every time I remember, not just after meals. Yuck. Both ankles hurt --- haven't fallen down the stairs (trying hard not to join that club!) but keep bumping into furniture (clumsy). And my stomach has gone back from "Eat All The Things!" to "Nope, Just Not Hungry Right Now" which is a bit easier to deal with. This is the two-week point after my first FEC dose, I think all the normal tissues it hit are now dying Next dose Already Next Week ---- Can't be so soon!!! Whoever said "time flies when you're having fun" never did chemo.

Wishing I could wave a magic wand and take away everybody's SEs and surgery crap and heck let's go right to the root of it all and get rid of all the BC in the entire universe

I miss my energy! If the kids don't sleep through the night, I feel I'm dying the next day (today).

Cajun - As an early menopause vet, my experience would say "yes" to the night sweats being a precursor. Happily, they did not last forever.

Flower - You are the sunshine in my morning news - congratulations and <<<hugs>>>!

Sailorgirl - Had my second weekly, low dose Taxol treatment yesterday - thinking good thoughts for lo/no Taxol SEs for you. Mine were tolerable last week, so I have my fingers crossed. (I am *still* zinging this morning from yesterday's steroids after getting little sleep last night.)

Tessu - Every time I look at my balding head and thinning brows I try to think: "Yep - there goes another cancer cell, too: Die, tumor, die!" (And, having said that, I hate losing my hair.) Hang in there - you are very smart to be ultra careful on the stairs.

Again, wishes for a great holiday tomorrow for those who are celebrating it.

So glad to hear the night sweats won't last. I went to lay down with one of my twins in the middle of the night and noticed, yuck, my bald head was sweating, so I covered her and made a stealthy exit. Figured she would not want to wake in a pool of sweat.

I'll second that YAY for flower...we need good news around here all the time. Share your victories, big or small.

Super news, flower!!!

Morning everyone and thank you.

Southern will have to do the last three with carbo/taxo and then herceptin for one year.

But at this point I will do whatever they tell me to because I have to finish the treatment.

Wish you all the best