i found out i have rectal cacer  and i got to have radioand cemo

I have had chemo  radiotherapy  and bracheatherapy  (internal  radiotherapy ) for 2 forms of cancer, l can't  remember  much  of 2012 BUT l am  ok. All l can say is be positive,  listen to all the advice given and act on it and go with the flow, if your body says sleep then sleep, sit and do nothing, then do it. I found that l had chemotherapy  on thursday,  was ok til Saturday   and then didn't  want  to  know anybody  or anything. Then Tuesday  afternoon  around 1pm it was as though  someone  had  turned  on a light and things improved from there. By 2nd week things were nearly normal 3rd week was when l did things like shopping,  then back for more chemo. Take all the help offered even meals prepared  and frozen  by friends,  the first week l needed them. Remember  STAY POSITIVE  AND  GOOD  LUCK 

Thanks everyone for your replies and apologies I haven't logged on since my first post.

Since my initial post, my partner has had his first three night cycle of the BEP chemo.  I think naively we had all presumed this first cycle wouldn't be "too bad" because he was going in fit.... we were wrong, he's taken it hard and still isn't right.  He's due back in tomorrow for a day visit of just Bleomycin so we're all really hoping that the Bleomycin by itself doesn't knock him back even further.  We're all worried that if he's this rough with the chemo already then what on earth will he be like by June when (hopefully) his treatment will be complete.  It doesn't bare thinking about.  All we can do is keep hopeful that he makes a marked improvement between now and his next three night cycle in another two weeks time  :-\