Hi, just want to chime in, sadly I have peripheral neuropathy...my chemo finished 2019 so unfortunately mine is obviously permanent, but as I understand it..that's not always the case...I do hope yours improves.... ️

Hi marlyn

I'm just wondering how you are feeling now after the chemo do you still have numbness? what type of chemo did you have? 

Hello,

i still have the numbness sadly, so I know it's now definitely permanent, it gets worse when I'm tired too.. I had FEC chemo for breast cancer...

how you getting on? 

Thanks for the reply and sorry to hear you've still got the numbness, I Hope its not affecting your quality of life too much.

I'm doing OK I've had my mask fitted for radiotherapy and agreed to the chemo which I'm petrified about. Treatment starts on the 31st of this month and finishes on the 9th of December.

I feel like I have no choice really but to take the chemo as if there's other cancer cells in my body the chemo should get them and then with the 4 months wait after treatment for scan to see if its worked could end up spreading into organs so I need to give myself and my family the best chance of me beating this disease. I just hope I can cope with the chemo as I know it's horrible for most people.

Thanks for the reply and sorry to hear you've still got the numbness, I Hope its not affecting your quality of life too much.

I'm doing OK I've had my mask fitted for radiotherapy and agreed to the chemo which I'm petrified about. Treatment starts on the 31st of this month and finishes on the 9th of December.

I feel like I have no choice really but to take the chemo as if there's other cancer cells in my body the chemo should get them and then with the 4 months wait after treatment for scan to see if its worked could end up spreading into organs so I need to give myself and my family the best chance of me beating this disease. I just hope I can cope with the chemo as I know it's horrible for most people.

I regarded chemo as the " belt and braces" of my treatments, a mop up if you like. I needed to know I'd done everything possible to beat this, and like you I needed to do it for my loved ones too.

The only advice I can give on chemo is we all react differently, a friend of mine ( we met here) was going through the same regimen as me, she coped wonderfuly, even stopping at Burger King on the way home! She was straight back into work the day after too. 
Try not to allow yourself to get too hooked up on it, what will be will be....and the next couple of months  ( believe it or not) will fly by...get plenty of fluids in you and tackle any side effects if and when they come. I know it's difficult not to look too far a head but you must try, our imaginations can wreak havoc, try not to allow that. One last tip is to keep a chemo diary, I found mine invaluable...

good luck and let us know how it goes ..