[danceswithrain]

Just had my 4th treatment Taxotere,carboplatin,Herceptin. Bloody crusty nose worse 1st two treatments. Saline spray helped. Also dry eyes used ointment at night & eye drops. Bad burnt taste but also no taste. watermelon was good as was green tea room temp. Room temp foods seem better. Marinol helped me eat when I couldn't. Taxotere seems to dry me out all over. My entire digestive system was burning. Still does starting about 3 days out. I take steroids for serveral days after treatment this helps me keep my food intake up as well as marinol on the days I just can't eat. Try things you wouldn't normally eat. I find I eat really weird stuff I would not eat before and things I loved tasted terrible. If you have any problems let me know I've been down the road with Taxotere it seems like I've had all the side effects at some point. It's getting easier now.
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Vicki