Hi JayD.....I have had exactly the same diagnosis as you, my operation was end of October. I started the Capecitbine Chemotherapy mid December. Tomorrow is day 14 of my second cycle. Like you I will have 8 cycles, thankfully so far I have had no real side effects my feet have got a little warm but I took the pharmacist advise and have been putting lots of cream on my hands and feet. I hope that your journey along these six months are good, I am due to complete towards end of May if all goes according to plan.  

Take care

Thank you so much for your kind reply,I'm happy to hear you're doing well. Thank you for the tip about the cream,any cream in particular? It's lonely getting diagnosed during a pandemic so it's nice to have this chat group.Best of luck for the rest of your treatment and thanks again for finding the time to reply to me,I really appreciate it :) 

Hi JayD.....I have been using E45 cream, was told to use unsecented cream. My sister bought me a large tub of this in Tesco. I just put it in frequently throughout the day...was told to do this before you got symptoms. No time is good to be going through this, but definitely being in this midst of a pandemic doesn't help. You take care and look after yourself.

Thank you for your kind reply Bicho 

I will purchase some E45 cream

yes I agree no time is nice to be going through this 

I hope your journey continues to be ok and best of luck with the rest of your treatment X

Thank you JayD, I also wish you well over the next few months as you make this journey with the chemo drug and that you keep well throughout it. Best wishes for the future, I will be thinking of you as we both make this journey at the same time!.......be care and stay safe X ️

Thank you JayD, I also wish you well over the next few months as you make this journey with the chemo drug and that you keep well throughout it. Best wishes for the future, I will be thinking of you as we both make this journey at the same time!.......be care and stay safe X ️

Thanks so much Bicho

I'll be thinking of you too 

please stay in touch 

stay safe and well

XXX

Yes JayD...we will keep in touch. You be good and stay safe. X

Great  

you too XXX

Hi JayD...just thinking of you...how have you been keeping, how is the chemo going?

Take care x

Hi Bicho,

it's good to hear from you 

how are you getting on ..,I hope you're doing well 

I haven't started the chemo yet because I wasn't well 

and had some pain

but I'm improving now so I will be starting on Monday  

How are you doing ? 
look after yourself 

stay safe ♥️

Hi JayD.....so sorry to hear you had pain and it delayed the start of your Chemotherapy but delighted your improving and can start on Monday.

I am doing good, am tolerating the meds very well....praying it can continue like this. Hope you can tolerate them well with not too much in side effects.

Please let me know how you get on...I am in the middle of round 3.

Take care and stay safe x

I'm so happy you're doing well Bicho 

thats great news 

and it seems to be going fast 

thanks for keeping in touch 

I'll let you know how I get on 

stay well and safe ️

Hi Jayd.....just wondering how you were doing and how well you dealt with chemo. Hope you are keeping well. Xx

Hi Bicho,

it's so lovely to hear from you 

How are you getting on?

I hope you carried on tolerating the Chemo well 

sadly I didn't and was taken off it after one round 

I had bleeding chest and Abdominal pain 

bloods weren't good Temperature etc ,..

I don't think it helped that I had the vaccine too at the same time 

so I'm under strict surveillance 

I had CT scan, ultrasound and MRI which were all ok 

so how are you ..what's been going on,

all good

I hope?  ️

Hi JayD....sorry to hear you had problems with the chemo but glad to hear your scan, CT and MRI were all ok and pray they stay that way.

I finished the course of 8 cycles of the chemo last Thursday, I did ok on it thankfully very little in way of side effects ( I had my vaccine, both of them while on it)

Friday week ago I had a CT scan as I had come to end of the chemo. I had to go to the hospital last Wednesday to get results....they weren't available!. 

I have a telephone appointment with my surgeon this coming Wednesday so hopefully the results from the CT will be available for him to see and tell me and also what my follow up will be in relation to scans, bloods etc.

I hope you are feeling well JayD and continue to do so. 

Big hug xx