How long does chemo take to kick in?

Does anyone know, or have any experience, of how long chemo starts to take effect? I had my first session last Thursday (and have it every Thursday now for about 20 weeks), but my breast cancer lump is getting bigger. It was 31mm, triple negative and grade 3, so I know it can grow abnormally fast, but it feels massive now; actually aches when I take my bra off, I'm guessing because of the extra weight? I'm just so worried about it growing quicker than the time it takes for the chemo to work. Don't know if I should phone the breast care nurses, not really sure what they would say.

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  • Hi Stiltoniite 7. Firs of al how did your first session of Chen go. Now I would imagine your on one of the group of platins. As in costapline, cisterolating. Are you actually sure it chemotherapy your having and not immunotherapy. Because it sounds like to me more immunotherapy than chemotherapy. Yes there's a big difference. I have not known anyone to have chemotherapy once a week because with the chemotherapy drugs being poison it also kills the good as well as the bad. You would only go for IV drip toughley every 3/4 weeks. Mid cycle you would take medication hold to say after a blood tests. Now immunotherapy is something you have once a week. And it doesn't have quite the negate impact on your body your first one would be a hour long provided there are no problems then each after that. Now being someone who as had both. If you are actually having chemotherapy, being a poison it will start working imidiatky. Because once it's in your bloods the poison will start to kill bad and good cells. It can also make you feel horrendous. After your first session this is due to the poison. If it's immunotherapy if you had no bad  reactions  you will not feel like you have not had anything done. However some symptoms may start a couple of monthss. After nothing major a few aches and pains with myself the more treatment I had the more I wanted to sleep, it was messing with my thyroid. Agai. Your first one it will start to,.doing its job straight the way. It's just unfortunate we can't feel it working. Immunotherapy although its working does have to build up as well. Did you girls any paperwork on side affects. Or did they say we don't have any, and what do you want to read about side affects for. It can only put you off that you could scare yourself out of treatment. Which depending on the type of person you are. It's true younxoukd read so much of the negative yes you could talk about paranoid. Yes it can read scary.but then ask yourself would I prefer the side affect.or to die. I know I went with. Thr side affects. Although my second lot of chemotherapy almost ended up killing me it was at that point I would prefer anything rather than chemotherapy. I pulled out after second dose.

    I do not wish that on  my worst enemy. It made me. If you can find out the drugs you are on I will be able to advise better whichever it is they do start straight away. On my love. Get back to me as soon as you can and I will be able to tell you..... plesse thers me need to be there at 11.30 if ok. Now one other thing I will say I was given 6/8 months left in September 2013 there definitely was no mistake the one I told you about which almost made me die. Was the one against all the odds was the one that came as a massive shock because that's the one I had 2 years of age it hurst and for his sake his parents had said no more. It's time to let him go rather than put him through the gruelling  side affect only to be told it may not work we all do things  and cope with things so differently. I know my oncologist still shakes his head in disbelief. Every time hd sees me. I can honestly say when I was given 6/8 moths not happening it's inconvenient, if cancer had the audacity to come into my body. You watch I Intend to give it a fight like  it's never had before the one thing I didn't get the milk that day was the old saying do not shoot the messenger. So  what I am saying to you and every other osrsins out there. Tanya you too send me a tight question a requested and a friend rested  Marj  x

     

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  • Hi Stiltoniite 7. Firs of al how did your first session of Chen go. Now I would imagine your on one of the group of platins. As in costapline, cisterolating. Are you actually sure it chemotherapy your having and not immunotherapy. Because it sounds like to me more immunotherapy than chemotherapy. Yes there's a big difference. I have not known anyone to have chemotherapy once a week because with the chemotherapy drugs being poison it also kills the good as well as the bad. You would only go for IV drip toughley every 3/4 weeks. Mid cycle you would take medication hold to say after a blood tests. Now immunotherapy is something you have once a week. And it doesn't have quite the negate impact on your body your first one would be a hour long provided there are no problems then each after that. Now being someone who as had both. If you are actually having chemotherapy, being a poison it will start working imidiatky. Because once it's in your bloods the poison will start to kill bad and good cells. It can also make you feel horrendous. After your first session this is due to the poison. If it's immunotherapy if you had no bad  reactions  you will not feel like you have not had anything done. However some symptoms may start a couple of monthss. After nothing major a few aches and pains with myself the more treatment I had the more I wanted to sleep, it was messing with my thyroid. Agai. Your first one it will start to,.doing its job straight the way. It's just unfortunate we can't feel it working. Immunotherapy although its working does have to build up as well. Did you girls any paperwork on side affects. Or did they say we don't have any, and what do you want to read about side affects for. It can only put you off that you could scare yourself out of treatment. Which depending on the type of person you are. It's true younxoukd read so much of the negative yes you could talk about paranoid. Yes it can read scary.but then ask yourself would I prefer the side affect.or to die. I know I went with. Thr side affects. Although my second lot of chemotherapy almost ended up killing me it was at that point I would prefer anything rather than chemotherapy. I pulled out after second dose.

    I do not wish that on  my worst enemy. It made me. If you can find out the drugs you are on I will be able to advise better whichever it is they do start straight away. On my love. Get back to me as soon as you can and I will be able to tell you..... plesse thers me need to be there at 11.30 if ok. Now one other thing I will say I was given 6/8 months left in September 2013 there definitely was no mistake the one I told you about which almost made me die. Was the one against all the odds was the one that came as a massive shock because that's the one I had 2 years of age it hurst and for his sake his parents had said no more. It's time to let him go rather than put him through the gruelling  side affect only to be told it may not work we all do things  and cope with things so differently. I know my oncologist still shakes his head in disbelief. Every time hd sees me. I can honestly say when I was given 6/8 moths not happening it's inconvenient, if cancer had the audacity to come into my body. You watch I Intend to give it a fight like  it's never had before the one thing I didn't get the milk that day was the old saying do not shoot the messenger. So  what I am saying to you and every other osrsins out there. Tanya you too send me a tight question a requested and a friend rested  Marj  x

     

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