20% reduction in chemo worth a million euro

Hi Wicklowlady,
Glad to hear your feeling so well. Had to laugh when I read your "chemo land" comment, it's soooo true.
Did you manage to hang on to the eyebrows and lashes after ?

Only 1 more to go for you bet your excited,
Shirls

Oh yes isn't it amazing how you your body tells you things are better. I was crap last night but I always think that from the thurs/fri after my Mondays chemo I'm climbing the mountain and reach the peak on Sunday which is the worst day and then Monday I come down the other side and start getting better. Oh chemo land is a place I will be leaving for good in January and like Dorothy in Oz I won't be going back there.

I am holding on to the brows and lashes , the brows are very thin but still ok which I'm happy about. Hopefully everything will start 'growing' back when chemo is finished

That was the same for me - chemo on Monday and thurs to Sunday were the worst days, started to pick up slowly but noticeably by the Monday on tch as well. I managed to hold onto brows and lashes, they got very thin by the end but they were hanging on and I wasn't disturbing them!

As the new ones grew back the last of the old ones fell away and I have really thick brows now and loads of new lashes, I have to start thinking about going to someone to tame them befor Christmas!!

Fab news Mary delighted for you, over the moon, yippee, woohoo love hearing good news.

Now a question for you how do they know this I am getting very impatient I want some results...... didnt see Janice yesterday place was mayhem. However do have a mamogram on the 23rd so hopefully they will find out some news then

Have a great crimbo

Oh good looks like I will hold on to the lashes and eyebrows and like you I leave them alone. Sorry deefed how do they know what? I had scans the day I was diagnosed then none until 5th chemo. I'd say it'll be manic on New Year's Eve as well.

ah okay I get you - so this will be my scan just after 5th chemo - how long did you wait for results of mamo? When you say scan you mean Mamogram or the full monty? MRI, Cat etc/

Yes I suppose there's no point in scanning too soon they need enough poison to go in before it takes effect. I got mammogram ultrasound and MRI that day. I waited all if ten minutes as I went from mammogram to the ultrasound room and thy told me there that it had got smaller and then they showed it on the ultrasound as thy were doing it then janice came in to me half an hour later when I was having chemo and said it to me again.