[westswon]

Westswon here. An update: after getting a 2nd opinion I have stopped chemo. 2nd doc said he had seen this gruesome reaction once before--it was the Taxotere--but he suggested switching to Taxol. With my existing neuropathy it is not an option. I am taking Herceptin every three weeks and starting radiation. Rad. onc. said she thinks, in her 25 years, she has never seen anyone so "overtreated" for a 7mm tumor. I am seeing her ONC colleague next week. Breast surgeon said the same thing.
Bottom line is: all ONCs treat MANY cancers, not many of them treat only BREAST cancer so perhaps, in my case, I got the kitchen-sink thrown at me when only the faucet would have done fine. Each of us is so very different. And, as we all know, time will tell!
Thank heaven for this website...and all of you.. westswon