Hi to everyone on this thread. So reassuring, thanks to you all. I had a first cycle on Tuesday and was very nervous about it all, so no you are not a baby Charlie. I still am quite nervous in a way because both my husband and I misunderstood the drug dosage for the anti-emetics. I keep asking myself, were we just particularly stupid that day; but I don't actually recall being given instructions and the label on the box was ambiguous. So Tuesday afternoon and evening massive vomiting. Got it clear the next day so am over the worst now - just queasy really and hope to avoid that when I go back for round 2. Just hope the cancer cells feel as rotten as I did! And there's no way I could have been in work! GP has been great about saying take all the time I need and school have as well. Mind I was ill for all the school summer holiday when we wouldn't have been in anyway - not till the last week when it all starts up again to be sorted before the children arrive.

All the best, keep us posted. You are just a bit ahead of me.

Hi everyone havnt been online for a while , went back to work on my 50th birthday and only lated for two weeks, have been off of work since have felt very low and tearful and sick. Going back to work on the 29th september just for 3 days a week, doctor wants me to go back she thinks it will be good for me. Really feel like giving up but know it will be better for me in the long run if i carry on but i still have 21 treatments to go it just has taken over my life which i didnt want it to, but i will carry on.

Hi Charlie

21 treatments is an awful lot to have ahead of you. I don't wonder you feel low. Hopefully you will find yourself regaining energy as the treatments progress. I know I found it difficult to accept the need for more rest than usual, though I should have been pleased. I've finished my 8 cycles and feel great, which you will. A scan did find a small lump on a lymph node in my groin. A sample was teken and I will hear the results on Monday. If it the worst, I will have to have more chemo and I confess I feel very depressed at the prospect. You can be brave about one lot but I'm not sure how positive I'll be about another.

Hi Susanlynn, good luck with results you said you were getting today and let us know how you got on. Eyore

Thanks for asking, Eyore. Thank goodness , the growth was only a benign inflammation not malign. I feel very lucky. Now I am a month out of chemo, I feel better than I have for ages.- no longer totally exhausted by 7p.m. Keep thinking about this and I so very much hope the chemo time will pass quickly.

An afterthought, Eyore, re swimming. I'd listen to the surgeon. Swimming pools are so full of infections inspite of all precautions and you are vulnerable. Depends if your wound has totally healed. Even now, though mine has healed after 9+ months the skin is still very thin.

An afterthought, Eyore, re swimming. I'd listen to the surgeon. Swimming pools are so full of infections inspite of all precautions and you are vulnerable. Depends if your wound has totally healed. Even now, though mine has healed after 9+ months the skin is still very thin.