@dlmdinia - its odd you would mention being told to take Claritin to prevent bone pain - I have seasonal allergies and have always taken an allergy pill daily. I was not told to take anything - I guess because I already take a daily pill. I also had no bone pain. I was shown how to give myself the Neulasta injection - absolutely terrifying the first time I had to do - it was do myself or go to their office to have them perform the injection. I was still working so I had them show me how. It got easier each time I had to do it - but I had to work up the courage to do it each time. I kept telling myself I only had to do this for these treatments. I too took the meds for nausea and would just take a small glass of prune juice for a couple days to be proactive and not get constipated. I got constipated once, then I got proactive to prevent. I was able to work my full-time job throughout my treatments - had chemo treatment Thursday afternoon; worked Friday then spent Saturday and Sunday as rest days then started the new week. My chemo treatment schedule started early Jan. 2022 and my last treatment was July 2022 - I was also fit enough to travel to North Carolina for the birth of my first granddaughter. I took tons of precautions while traveling and while there and stayed healthy enough to finish treatments when I returned.

I looked at that part of the journey as what was needed to get to the stage of the journey so I could put the thought of my dx further back in my priority of things I wanted to think about. I was very fortunate the chemo (neoadjunct - before surgery or radiation) worked extremely well - shrunk my lumps to almost nothing. Except I'm TNBC and BRCA2+ so surgery was going to be a given - unfortunately I also needed radiation after - not clear margins from surgery.