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Hello everyone.  I am on my third bottle.  I have been experiencing lots of hot flashes and various aches and pains so far. I haven't gotten a period since I did chemo (I'm 35).  I have come to some kind of peace with not being able to have any more children (I have a 8 year old).

I have developed a sweet tooth!  I have been baking (from scratch at that) lately.  This cannot be good as I eat whatever I bake since it's only two of us in the house! 

Ashaby, good luck on  your shows.  You have awesome talent.

Yogi,

I had spots on my tongue as well.  My hands, both the palms and the top, and my feet got darker as well.  They have now lightened some since I finished treatment a month ago.

Hi guys.  Asha, I too am thinking of going the therapist route.  Feelings all jumbled hopefully that will help out.  Lynn:  have a blast diving!  I'm too much of a scaredy cat to try different things.

Hi ladies.  I finished my chemo on the 11th.  My onc said that he I should begin taking the tamoxifen two weeks after my last treatment.  However, he didn't put that in my records.  Anyway, he went away on vacation (to Africa) so I couldn't get the nurses to call in the prescription.  I was starting to freak out pretty badly.  Anyway, he called into the office and the receptionist let him know that I had been hounding them so he authorized it.  As of Monday, I am now part of the bottle of tamoxifen group.  I'm hoping that I am one of those that wont have any side effects.

P.S.  I am taking it at night; does anyone know if taking it at night lessens the chances of side effects?

Aurora,  I know that God has been good!  I try to look at my situation and see how He's kept me.  It's been almost two weeks since my last treatment and some of the side effects are starting to ease.  My skin is clearing up, I'm not as achy and moody, and the peripheral neuorapathy (sp) is gradually easing.  Thank God that it wasn't as bad as it could be-some people lose feeling in their fingers and feet permanently.  I'm surrounded by wonderful coworkers that actually care for each other.  I could go on and on; as I'm typing this I begin to count my blessings and see that there is more good than bad.  Thank you for responding.

Elvie-I think that you hit the nail on the head even with the side effects, with chemo something was being done; now kinda in limbo.

Thanks guys for your words of encouragement.

marlene

Thanks everyone for your response.  I guess that I should have done something to celebrate the end of the treatment and maybe that would have helped.  i also had my birthday 2 days ago but didn't really celebrate it much either (it didn't help that a lot of people didn't remember it either).  My daughter (8 yrs old) asked if I was going to have a party and I told her no. She said that I was boring (out of the mouth of babes ); she said that we should have a party on the anniversary of the day that I did surgery to celebrate (God bless this child).

She wanted me to have cupcakes so we made some for my birthday and we went out to Red Lobster to eat.

lag,

I just want to tell you to stay encouraged and continue to do what you need to do to take care of yourself.  Some people don't know how to deal with us that have been diagnosed with bc; some are even jealous of all the attention that is focused on us.  Little do they know that we wouldn't want this kind of attention if we had a choice.  Even though it's hard not to, try not to pay too much attention to the negative vibes.  You need to focus on your health.

(Repost; I saw that I posted this in the wrong place (under surgery) so i'm re-posting it here for any feedback).

I had my last chemo on Thursday and I'm glad about that.  I thought that I would be whopping and hollering but I really don't know how/what to feel.  What comes next? With the chemos I knew every two weeks what was going to happen but now I don't know.  I don't see my onc until the middle of May so I'm kinda in limbo.  Did anyone feel the same way after they were finished with chemo?

sister sledge