I went for my usual mammogram & got the dreaded letter to attend for further testing. Tests confirmed I had breast cancer & then everything went at lightening speed. Had total mastectomy with abdominal reconstruction & all my lymph nodes removed. Then chemo 6 weeks later (FECD). First 3 went well, no sickness, no mouth ulcers etc. My daddy unfortunately passed away after my 4th round (Docetaxel) & I blamed all the side effects were just a build up of me “trying to put on a brave face for him) Just finished my last chemo & was jumping for joy - especially for getting the picc line out!! But this one has totally knocked me for six. The pains in my legs are excruciating & I’m feeling incredibly guilty that I’m not bouncing back as quick as previous treatment.
Has anyone found Docetaxel harder on them or is it just a build up of all the previous chemos? I’ve 4 kids but have isolated myself at my mum’s to try & get over this bit. My radiotherapy starts in 9 days so any advice would be really helpful. Everyone keeps telling me “you’re so brave”, “you’ve got this” etc but if they only knew that I’m falling apart, it’d be a different story! Thank you for reading. 
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