Re: HELP please!! First time on taxotere
Oh, my heart goes out to you. With mouth sores, get yourself a child's toothbrush as you can get them in extra soft so it doesn't hurt the gums. Unfortunately (or fortunately) they usually come in cartoon characters. I had a Sponge Bob and Mulan. But when you brush and are close to the gums, it doesn't hurt.
Also, yogurt helps alot. Get plain nonfat regular yogurt and put it in your mouth and rinse around. It helped me.
Hugs to you.
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Becky
Found lump via BSE
Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45
1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side)
2 micromets to sentinel node
Stage 2A
left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg
lumpectomies 9/7/04
4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol
Used Leukine instead of Neulasta
35 rads on right side only
4/05 started Tamoxifen
Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to
trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations
Oophorectomy 8/05
Started Arimidex 9/05
Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06
Arimidex Only
Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia
NED 18 years!
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