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My Chemo Journey - Start to End

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My Chemo Journey - Start to End 29 Sep 2021 - I had my first chemo therapy session with the most powerful chemo drug ever invented. Nicknamed the 'red devil', the  doxorubicin (Adriamycin) or AC drug was infused into my blood stream through a port surgically installed on my right chest. Thanks to my port, I do not have to endure having a needle inserted into my frail veins each time I had to do a chemo infusion.  I had 4 sessions of this AC drug and I still shudder when I think about it. My Port-de-Cath  The drug caused bad nausea side effects on the first 2 sessions. This drug causes the mouth to develop mouth sores and the nurses gave me ice cubes to suck on during the 15 mins the horrible drug was infused. Till now, i still get the horrible feeling of wanting to vomit when I pop a ice cube in my mouth. Lucky for me, around the 3rd session, I realized that nausea feelings are not so bad if my stomach is not feeling empty. Especially if I eat eggs and feel full, th...
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  Hair drop     Today, I finally decided to shave my head. It is 14 days since my first Chemo treatment and my hair has started to dramatically fall out in clumps. I am 45 years old and have stage 3 Breast Cancer. I was in perfect health and the diagnosis came as a complete shock to me. I exercise regularly, has no diabetes, no high blood pressure and is not even overweight. I have a strange feeling that the 5cm lump on my right breast and lumps in the lymph nodes were triggered by the Pfizer Covid  vaccine I took in June 2021. (Just google Lymph node Covid Vaccine or click on this CNN article )  I first noticed the lump in July 2021 but didn't seek treatment as I was still breastfeeding and thought that it was a blocked duct. In Aug, my family was placed on Quarantine order and it was inconvenient to go out. So I just brushed the lump aside. On 9 Sep the lump seem to be getting bigger and I finally decided to seek medical attention. And this mark the start...
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