I met my new oncologist he was a breath of fresh air as he was enthusiastic, was interested in me as a person and not just as a breast!! and respected my wishes for not wanting to hear the 175 side effects of the new chemo regime I was about to receive nor did I want to hear about any depressing scary statistics he had to hand No thank you i will take my chances in ignorance.
My new regime of chemo called Taxotere and Herceptin started on the 9th of January and as i had problems with my veins my doctor wanted to recommend me for a Hickman line and i had one inserted on the 24of January under local anesthetic A Hickman line is a large piece of ugly fine tubing which was inserted just under my neck on the right hand side I blagged to the surgeon that I was an actress and needed it to be discreet as possible.
However such is the design of the Hickman Line that its hard for me to disguise it under clothing no matter how much I try and how much I try to hook it up out of the way. The line however is a god send when I am having the chemo or the herceptin no longer do I have to put up with having my hands inserted into hot water to pump up the veins or have to endure the agony of failed needles into veins attempts!!!
Now I buy my magazines and a cup of tea before my chemo get hooked up which takes seconds and I just sit there hands free reading the time away.
Just after the first chemo session I started to lose my hair I thought the second time around I would be ok as I had lost all my hair with my first chemo in Sept 2005. How wrong I was.... I was really upset this time to have my head shaved I was hoping to keep some of my hair but it was not to be.
The last time I wore a wig which was ok but I never felt it was truly me i never felt authentic in it . I got another wig this time but i have hardly worn it as its very itchy. I use a scarf tied very nicely into quite a trendy turban its more me and I feel more comfortable with it .
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