TracininLA .. Chemo finished ???

VickiSam
VickiSam Member Posts: 9,079 Member
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Do you have any insight or recommendation for those of us ... still going to chemo ???


VickiSam

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  • mimivac
    mimivac Member Posts: 2,143
    #2
    Congrats to Traci!
    Hope you're out celebrating your big accomplishment!

    Mimi
  • TraciInLA
    TraciInLA Member Posts: 1,994 Member
    #3
    mimivac said:

    Congrats to Traci!
    Hope you're out celebrating your big accomplishment!

    Mimi

    Thanks, ladies
    Yes, I had my last chemo on October 7th. Most of the side effects are gone now, though I'm still having a hard time with fatigue and memory problems.

    I started the Tammoxifen this past weekend (and now I know what a hot flash feels like!), and will see the radiation oncologist for the first time this Thursday, to start discussing rads. My regular oncologist thinks they may have to do each breast separately, which would mean 10 WEEKS of rads.

    5 years of Tamoxifen, months of rads -- it's like there's no end in sight....I feel like I'm going to be doing nothing but eating, breathing, and sleeping breast cancer for the rest of my life.

    Traci
  • lynn1950
    lynn1950 Member Posts: 2,570
    #4
    TraciInLA said:

    Thanks, ladies
    Yes, I had my last chemo on October 7th. Most of the side effects are gone now, though I'm still having a hard time with fatigue and memory problems.

    I started the Tammoxifen this past weekend (and now I know what a hot flash feels like!), and will see the radiation oncologist for the first time this Thursday, to start discussing rads. My regular oncologist thinks they may have to do each breast separately, which would mean 10 WEEKS of rads.

    5 years of Tamoxifen, months of rads -- it's like there's no end in sight....I feel like I'm going to be doing nothing but eating, breathing, and sleeping breast cancer for the rest of my life.

    Traci

    Traci - You have such a
    Traci - You have such a strong spirit. Take one day at a time. xoxoxo Lynn
  • Akiss4me
    Akiss4me Member Posts: 2,188
    #5
    TraciInLA said:

    Thanks, ladies
    Yes, I had my last chemo on October 7th. Most of the side effects are gone now, though I'm still having a hard time with fatigue and memory problems.

    I started the Tammoxifen this past weekend (and now I know what a hot flash feels like!), and will see the radiation oncologist for the first time this Thursday, to start discussing rads. My regular oncologist thinks they may have to do each breast separately, which would mean 10 WEEKS of rads.

    5 years of Tamoxifen, months of rads -- it's like there's no end in sight....I feel like I'm going to be doing nothing but eating, breathing, and sleeping breast cancer for the rest of my life.

    Traci

    Congrats Traci
    Doesn't it feel like this is going to last forever? I just wanted to tell you that I am on the Tamoxifen too. You are not having hot flashes....they are tropical mini vacations with an equal amount of trips to the north pole! How many people do you know that get to do that at the drop of a hat? (Teehee). We can do our count down together.....1825 tablets to go!! Hugs....♥Pammy
  • padee6339
    padee6339 Member Posts: 763
    #6
    Hi VickiSam!
    All I can add is - hang in there. I just tried to make each chemo day an outing. I'd take the day off from work and after the treatment we'd go out to lunch and maybe to the dollar store for fun then home and sleep. Do not dispair! There is "life" at the end of the tunnel!!!!
  • padee6339
    padee6339 Member Posts: 763
    #7
    Akiss4me said:

    Congrats Traci
    Doesn't it feel like this is going to last forever? I just wanted to tell you that I am on the Tamoxifen too. You are not having hot flashes....they are tropical mini vacations with an equal amount of trips to the north pole! How many people do you know that get to do that at the drop of a hat? (Teehee). We can do our count down together.....1825 tablets to go!! Hugs....♥Pammy

    Pammy -
    I love the kitty kat! How cute!

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