Hi Sue, I did six rounds of TCH and I know I had some swelling in my hands, fingers, feet, etc. The puffy face I always got seemed to be when I had to take that stupid decadron. I hated that stuff. Turned bright red, face was round and puffy. In my personal experience my hands and fingers were all swollen...and yes they did hurt at times. Unfortunetly many of us that did TCH had that problem. Plus you mentioned your arms aching. I had aches every where...places I didn't even know exsisted on my body. lol But you hang in there...you will get through this.

Chelee

Re: Taxotere, Carboplatin, Herceptin
 

Hi Bonnie - My Mom is going thru' Taxol Carbo and Hercep. and getting it weekly! Every Monday and yes it takes 4ever...she is great Tuesday and then CRASHES Wed. Thurs. a little better fri.!!! She fights the fatigue and starts to feel bad because she cant do much on those days!! Any words I can share or just reiterate that this CRASh is soo normal and to rest and sleep when her body tells her!!!! She says if she sleeps now she wont sleep thru' the night! She's been fightin' for 15 years! I guess it is tiring...ya know! Thanks Missy

Re: Taxotere, Carboplatin, Herceptin
 

My husband called it CarboFlatten. All I can say is to go with the flow. She should do what she can, and let the rest go. Her body has to recover and for me carboplatin was the worst. She should sleep when she needs to. Don't fight it or she will be exhausted and that doesn't help recovery. Some nights I was up in the middle of the night on the computer here on the forum. I wasn't the only one. Know that it will get better.