Every time I finished an EC90 session, there was one more thing on the to-do list: a visit to my GP for a Ziextenzo injection. It had to happen within 24 to 48 hours after each chemo round, no skipping, no postponing. Four rounds of EC90 meant four of these visits. The timing was never …
Continue reading Ziextenzo – The Shot That Kept My Treatment on Track
If you've read Part 1, you know the first two rounds of EC chemotherapy knocked me around more than I expected. By round three I had a routine, but that didn't make it easy. And by round four, I'd decided I wasn't going to let cancer stop me from living. Here's how it went.Round 3: …
Continue reading EC90, The Red Devil: Part 2 – The Last Two Rounds
When my oncologist told me I'd be starting EC chemotherapy, I'd already done my homework. I knew "EC" stood for Epirubicin and Cyclophosphamide. I knew one of them was red. I knew people called it the Red Devil. What I didn't know was what it would actually feel like, and no amount of reading could …
Continue reading EC90, The Red Devil: Part 1 – The First Two Rounds
My unexpected journey 