Taking A break from Chemo [View all]
He's anyone here taken a break from Chemo when you were still able to get it? Week after week my blood tests keep saying I'm okay for Chemo. Every two weeks since September I've been getting Chemo without a single break. Although the blood tests and the doctor say I'm good to keep going, I have never felt shittier. It's gotten to the point where I have no quality of life and I don't even have one good day before they hit me again. That the thing about Chemo... it's cumulative in its damage to you and whereas I used to have at least four or five days before my next Chemo Treatment when I wasnt so sick, now I can't even say I have one good day. I'm not recovering at all. So I've decided against the doctors wishes (well I assume his wishes) to take at least two weeks off from Chemo. I'm really scared though. The Chemo is making me sick, sure, but it's also been working well and it's gotten me to a point where I'm stable and my tumors aren't growing or spreading. Will two weeks harm that progress? Maybe I should go with one week? Is so hard to make these decisions.
All I know is that I came back from Chemo yesterday and basically sobbed and cried the whole day. I need to make decisions about my longevity vs quality of life and I feel too young at 34 to be making these decisions. I want to travel a bit... Visit friends and family in other cities and provinces and I can't do that being constantly sick.
Has anyone here willingly taken a break? Had it resulted in the cancer spreading or gaining resistance to the Chemo? Let me know your viewpoint. I could use some advice.