Hi Kim

Blimey you have gone through it.

Let me say you are not a fraud, some on here are worse than others but we all have one thing in common we either have or are affected by cancer.

I was diagnosed last September with type 4B Endometrial cancer had the chemo and radiotherapy and am now waiting for the results of my three month scan.

The advice I can give you is start writing down any questions you have, no matter how trivial they seem, so that when you see the Doctor you wont have to rely on memory. Never think that you are wasting the Doctors time the more you know the better prepared you are (thats the way I look at things). 

Chemo can be a scary thing but once you start and get into the cycle - like everything else it becomes managable.  I went every three weeks but some people went every week, we had the same dose its just I had a bigger hit at one go.  This decision is down to the Team and may be affeted by age and health (I was 58).  Everyone reacts differently and you do get medication for the side effects.

In my case I was never sick but suffered from pains in my joints and severe pains in my legs this lasted for about 4 days. Your taste buds go haywire and certain foods taste awful - most people describe a metalic taste which I also had and milk tasted horrible - lucky I could drink black tea and coffee but then coffee started tasting awful.

If they recommend chemo then you can always ask questions on here and people will let you know their experiences.