Dear Maria,
Great to hear that you have a good oncology doctor and coordinator.
Good luck with the port insertion and of course for the chemo treatment you will receive next week.
My adjuvant chemo starts on Tuesday and the unknown is what is making me on edge lately. I have read of other peoples experiences with chemo and they are all different. I guess all we can do is try to stay positive and listen to our bodies well over the coming months.
I have been told my hair will also fall out or thin although for a man it is different I guess. I can sport the bald look as it is kinda trendy in europe at the moment, just hope I keep my eye brows. For a lady I can imagine it to be much harder but I am sure you will manage just fine.
Confrontation of the cancer will be harder for me I think...the scar from the RC was the first although easy to cover up and to be honest does not bother me anymore. Looking in a mirror later when my hair falls out and seeing the side effects of the treatment take hold will be hard. It will also be on public view of course when I pluck up the courage to venture out sporting the new look
I am totally with you on the paranoid point of view regarding scans....I too thought they hovered a long time as they repeated the scan recently for a brain scan. Then the wait for the results.....luckily and thankfully with nothing found, I wish this for you also.
I wish also that a fantastic surgeon will be found very soon so that you can concentrate your energy to the chemo treatment and have one less worry.
Take good care of yourself.
Leigh