[Kathy S in Tokyo]

I've been on weekly Herceptin since March and have managed to avoid any aches and pains. Taxol was added to the regime last Tuesday (6 days ago) though and I've felt fatigued and generally yucky since Thursday. This morning I almost called an ambulance because of severe chest pains (6 days after intial infusion) but decided that I'd lie down until I could actually talk and then reassess things as I really can't afford a trip to ER in addition to treatments. After almost an hour of the pain, it calmed down and I decided to sleep all day until work this afternoon and tell my onco. about it tomorrow.

So far, this has been the first pain in my cancer experience so it was a little disturbing. I don't know if it's from the Taxol, a panic attack (worrying about when I have to stop treatments because I just won't be able to get myself to the hospital and back on the trains or to continue to pay for my 30percent share of the costs.) or pleurisy from the cold that gave me the cough that warranted kicking butt with Taxol to shrink the lung mets or possibly the lung mets themselves protesting the Taxol? Worst case scenario? A heart attack? I'm turning into such a wimp these days.

Has anyone else had chest pains like this?

I'm thankful that the pain is mostly gone, just a little soreness around my sternum, and that I'll be able to go talk with my oncolgist tomorrow.

I feel like such a wimp now :-( .