18 Feb 08, Mon - Had my 1st portion of the 1st dose of chemo.
19 Feb 08, Tue - Had chest pain in early hours of Tuesday morning.
20 Feb 08, Wed - Early morning, had dull pain moving all over, especially on the right side and back. At that moment, I just figured that it could be the chemo attacking the cancer cells. I didn't think I was wrong as the pain was all on the areas where I had lumps. I practically didn't feel anything over my left breast. I wasn't sure if this was how chemo worked as I had never heard anybody mentioned it before.
Several days later, the smaller newer lumps at the base of my neck had disappeared. The hard mass of flesh on my right side had also softened. Amazing! And that wasn't even a full dose, only slightly more than a third of a dose. The cancer cells that had been so aggressive for the past few weeks had been stopped in their tracks and some had succumbed to the power of the chemo. I guessed they met their match.
Dr Wong was cool and calm as she checked the progress as though she'd expected such a response.
There were days when I awoke in the morning with lots of stuff in my mouth. It felt like the linings of my mouth were peeling off. Dr Wong said that was thrush, a side-effect of chemo. She prescribed Nystatin to gargle and get rid of the thrush.
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