There’s a lot of terminology when it comes to cancer treatments, chemo “cycles” is one of the ones that cause a lot of confusion amongst new patients. A cycle can contain multiple chemotherapy sessions and it can vary in number of days or weeks. There are multiple chemo cycles in one treatment plan. Let’s take …
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First Chemotherapy
Chimiothérapie en français Greetings, friends! In this post we’ll talk about that first Chemo session back in 2017! I had been diagnosed 11 days earlier and gone through a whole host of procedures and appointments in that time. *Disclaimer* Please remember this is simply an account of my experience, everyone reacts to Chemotherapy differently, some …
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Hair Loss
Hair – “cheveux“ Hair loss is possibly the most famous side effect from Chemotherapy, much in line with nausea, vomiting and weight loss however for women especially it can also be very traumatic. Remember, this is my personal experience, everyone reacts to chemotherapy differently, some don’t lose any hair, others just thin a little, it’s …
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