Postby Jolene » Tue Jul 16, 2019 11:18 am
Chemo has been more mentally and psychologically challenging for me than physically.
I'm in my 5th cycle out of 6 at the moment..... and it's doing things to my head by the 3rd/4th.
Fortunately I have been experiencing very little physical side effects or at least my onc has been managing it quite well, my exhaustion wears off after the first week but the cocktails of medication that I'm on has been giving me crazy mood swings. It could also be due to my early onset of menopause, we can't quite tell what's going on at the moment until I complete the chemo course.
There are days when I'm bouncing happily and there are days when I just wanna hide in the corner of my room and not speak to anyone.
Lorazapam (Ativan) worked well up to 4th cycle and not so much in the 5th. There can be days when I simply can't fall asleep until the next wee hours of the morning at say 4am or 5am which sucks as that makes me feel like sh*t waking up at 10am after that.
I'm sure my body clock is totally messed up by now.
Dx @ 39 F on WW managmeent
Nov 18 - Dx of a mid-rectal tumour at T3N1M0 (2cm) 7cm from AV
Dec 18 - CRT, 28 sessions + Capecitabine at 3000mg daily
Jan - Mar - WW in place (12 weeks)
Mar'19 - MRI, PET, sig flex and biopsy ordered to determine being a WW candidate.
Apr - CCR, surgery on hold. 6 cycles of Xelox.
Aug - 6 cycles of Xelox completed
19 - Flex sig, biopsy, PET/MRI
2019 - 2023 - Every 6 mths - Full scope / Flex sig / biopsy, PET / MRI / CT every 6 months
Dec 23 - All clear 5 years on ! Thank god !