I have cancer - it's destroyed the way I look but there's one surprising positive

Chemotherapy and steroids have led to a lot of weight gain (Image: Humphrey Nemar/ Daily Express) A year ago I sat in a chemo chair for the first time . I was told about the side effects and how to get press my emergency button, given some steroids, anti-nausea tablets, and more than one pack of Mini Cheddars . Then I entertained myself while being hooked up to several infusions of chemotherapy drugs before feeling very sick with an injection of fluorouracil.

Since then I've done 23 cycles of chemotherapy and, although I've tried to make it fun, it hasn't been a laugh a minute. Here are five things I've learned since the beginning: READ MORE Trisha Goddard details reason for keeping terminal cancer diagnosis under wraps It's strange to think I used to look like this (Image: Supplied) function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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