So, I've recently finished my first cycle of chemotherapy, and whilst it's still early days I am feeling not too bad so far, some minor side effects which arent too bad, but that could all change over the next 5 months. At the moment the only side effects I have been having are tiredness, an unsettled stomach and not going to the toilet as much as I'm used to.
The 1 thing I am slightly concerned about is that on my second session of this cycle, the nurse who tried to put the cannula in couldn't get the needle in as it seemed too painful, so she had to get another nurse do try a 3rd time. I'm not usually bad with needles, None of the blood tests/CT scans etc seemed to be as bad that, but it may have been just a one off. Apart from that, the only other issue was one of the drugs started to cause a sharp painful stinging sensation through my arm shortly after it was administered, which was a simple case of covering my arm with a heat pad as the drug was stored in cold storage. So, yeah, a few minor set-backs, but hopefully next session will be a bit better.
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