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2025-11-20 17:20 UTC
@greem i went thru chemo & rad for stage 3 breast cancer (being transmasc, i got ignored cuz they thought i was lying to accelerate chest surgery,,,.,, lol,,.,) so i can imagine. tho the medications will be different and the dosing schedule different its probably just as hellacious and mentally draining as any other late stage cancer.
hopefully your family (spouse?) are standing strong in support for you. if it hadnt been for my spouse i dunno what wouldve occured, at the VERY least the doctors were adamant i should be nowhere near cleaning the cat litterboxes for the entire treatment - and the animals had always been 'my' thing. x.x
i think my treatment lasted about 6 months, hopefully yours is no longer than that!!
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@greem@cyberplace.social 2025-11-20 18:08
@hi_cial I'm 18 months post diagnosis now - chemo was 3 months either side of last Xmas (including a dose on 23rd Dec, which wiped Xmas Day out!) and I'm now on "maintenance", monthly ADT and daily tablets. I recently changed my ADT medication and BOYOBOY has that made an enormous difference to me. I no longer feel like mildly warmed death all the time! But yeah, it's all exhausting. Knowing that there's an inoperable bomb waiting to go off is draining. Good luck to ya! Feed the cats!