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WC3
WC3 Member Posts: 1,540
edited November 2018 in Chemotherapy - Before, During, and After

This is just a bit of a rant.

I'm 4 weeks PFC and my RBC, WBC, hemocrit and so on are still low and, well, I'm tired.

I wake up and sit on the side of my bed for a few hours before I finally get up and get dressed and then I walk the formerly 10, now 15 minute walk up to the shops, my legs burning the whole time, and sit a while before I get something to eat or do my shopping, and then I sit some more before I walk back, and then I get home and....sit. I've been meaning to clean but I just don't have the stamina for it so I sit and look at the mess.

I did manage to take the trash out. Someone left a pristine looking flat screen TV out near the bin...maybe a 37" or 40". I don't have a TV. My "healthy" self would have been able to get it inside and test it but I couldn't manage it so I just stood there and stared at it for a while. I realized I could improvise a handle using the mounting screws and a strap from my furniture Earthquake kit but I was too tired to do even that so I left it out there where some angry drunk will probably kick the screen in.

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  • Denise-G
    Denise-G Member Posts: 1,777
    edited November 2018

    It is a long road back and you are still early PFC. I am sorry you feel the way you feel, but it does get better.

    It takes more time for some...Wish I had better news. I remember those days and feel for you.

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  • DiagnosisDisruption
    DiagnosisDisruption Member Posts: 108
    edited November 2018

    At four weeks out, you are still feeling allllll the effects of chemo, stacked one on top of the other. I continued getting Herceptin every three weeks after my Doozie Chemos. The first two or three Herceptin-alone chemos, I had a complaint for everything, thinking it was the Herceptin. Nope, it was still the Doozie Chemo side effects.

    Time. It takes time to get all that crap, errr, life saving/cancer killing meds out of our bodies. Drink lots of water and move when you can. Honest engine, it will get better.

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  • Vslush
    Vslush Member Posts: 183
    edited November 2018

    Hi WC3,

    Congratulations on finishing chemo!!! Yay!!!

    Yes, the aftermath can be more challenging in ways. I am 1 yr pfc, and overall feel pretty normal. I have some lingering neuropathy, but not bad. It took about 4 months to truly start feeling like myself. Your poor body has been so taxed and will take a bit to recover. Listen to it and be gentle with yourself for a while. It will get better, I promise.

    Vickki


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  • pingpong1953
    pingpong1953 Member Posts: 362
    edited November 2018

    Taxotere left me so tired and breathless I thought I'd never feel normal again. I did get better, although it was so slow I wasn't sure it was happening! This part of my treatment took more patience than anything I'd been through, and I'm not known for my patience. But I made it through - just take it one day at a time and you'll get there.

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  • Frog-on-the-lilypad
    Frog-on-the-lilypad Member Posts: 190
    edited November 2018

    Congrats on finishing chemo WC 3. Your body has been through a lot and its only been 4 weeks PFC.

    I am12 weeks PFC and believe me in another few weeks things will start looking up.Hang in there. Keep drinking lots of water and be kind to yourself.

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  • WC3
    WC3 Member Posts: 1,540
    edited November 2018

    Thank you everyone for the replies and encouraging words.

    I'm trying to move around more. I actually felt pretty good around this time after the 5th infusion...maybe they gave me a little extra for the 6th because of my surgery date.

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