January 2016 Chemo!

My advice for self injecting: if you have stretch marks in one of the approved injection sites, use that area. The needle goes in easier. For me it was the side of the hip.

Ladies,

Getting ready for round #2 tomorrow. Had bad nausea after Round #1. Doc wants me to try the Sancuso 7 day anti nausea patch with my chemo. Anyone try that and any feedback?

sorry dewflygirl I don't but good luck!

Hi all, I will be joining the group in 2016 as well. Starting A/C-T in mid Feburary. I have to go on 1/28 for a second surgery from my original lumpectomy not having clear margins and getting port put in. MO wants to wait at least 3 weeks for evertthing to heal.

im using the sancuso patch. the main problem with it is keeping it on. I put in on before my 1st treatment, but by the next day it was starting to come off. I tried taping it and everything else but eventually just took it off the end of day 3. I had really bad nausea day 3, but my pharmacist told me that once it starts to lose the stickiness that it becomes ineffective, so im not sure if that's why my nausea was so bad day 3 and 4 or not. (I was also taking Zofran as well). so the next day I went to the pharmacy, got another patch and after I put it on the nausea seemed to get better. but this time the pharmacist gave me a tagaderm patch to put on top of the sancuso patch. she said she has a guy that swims every day and his patch never comes off. mine is still holding with the additional patch on top. so just make sure you reinforce it to keep it on.

im on a dose dense every other week schedule. originally I was scheduled to be doing it every 3 weeks, but my insurance stepped in and said I have to do it every other week. im kinda of glad though, because id rather get it over with as soon as possible

Hi everyone, I only get a regimen of taxol, every week x12 weeks. This is my third week of chemo. I've had minimal SE.

• Taste buds are shot
• My hair started to shed yesterday. I am hoping that it just thins out as I have thick hair.

Fighertergirl- I'm on dose dense AC. My hair started falling out day 15 and now its almost all gone. I actually can't wait for the shedding to be over. Everything is SO itchy!

Oooh I feel so much better today!!!! Thought my shoulder/headache was from sore muscles, but I think it was Neulasta - took an ibuprofen last night and so much better today ( had tried Tylenol day prior and no better.)

I am on the Dense dose AC every two weeks, with neulasta for 7 days, starting 2 days after chemo. I self inject the Neulasta, belly fat is my area of choice:0 They were giving my separate 3 mL syringes and needles, but I needed an emergency supply ( forgot them at the ski hill) and the pharmacy gave me 1mL insulin syringes - ladies, so much better!!! Tiny little needle, still gets deep enough, less packaging, one less step. Highly recommended.

I appear to be the lone cold capper so far. Shedding a fair bit the last few days, apparently to be expected. Seeing all of your gorgeous wigs makes hair loss much less scary. As for the body hair - um, wasn't it supposed to fall out!? Haven't shaved my legs in weeks, 'cause they said I needed to use electric and it seemed pointless, but it is rather unsightly now, and my hairy arms are still really hairy. Did shed some of the down there hair but not enough to be dancing around with glee. Guess I should be grateful, as my brows and lashes are still in, too, but it is very confusing.

I too wanted to be a Pink Lady from Grease. That pink lady, in particular!

On the topic of food, putting in a plug for "The Cancer Fighting Kitchen," Rebecca Katz. Going to make some minestrone now:) Full of ideas of how to make food more palatable when your tastebuds are not themselves, as well as lots of anticancer/healthy choices. And it is delicious, foody food, not bland:)

I am so ready for my body hair to start falling out, I was shaving today thinking WTF!

Shedding was horrible and looked ridiculous, so I stopped by the hairdresser today and got my hair shave down as low as she could without hurting my scalp. I feel much better about it, it looks awful I look like a baby check, but I know I'm close to being bald now.

I'm feeling pretty good considering I had chemo yesterday, I walked around the mall and ran a bunch of errands. No problem. I'm starting to feel a bit worn out now but it's 3 PM so I can't feel too bad about that. I'm going to do my Neulasta shot soon, cross your fingers that I can do it myself!

I'm on day three post AC, not having a good day, exhausted, nauseous...please tell me that I'm not going to feel like this for the next two months. Possibly the steroid crash I've heard a few talk about? Blah...this sucks. 

life aloft - for me, it kind of goes like this - day of chemo (1) ok, day after (2) good, next day (3) brain fog starts and tired, following day (4) more brain fog and more tired, til about day 6/7 when it lightens up and I feel normal, though now I think i am getting more Neulasta effect and some bone pain/aches/fluish feelings in spite of Claritin. But I can go for an hour walk most days, and even skied on day 7:) The second week is pretty good, almost normal most of the time.

Thank you zinny and LovesToFly... I was panicking a bit thinking this is how it's going to be from now on. 

good luck ladyhumps. Grow wbc grow!

My almost bald head;