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Re: Off to my first taxotere/carboplatin/herceptin infusion..
I can honestly say that my 1st TCH was the worst of all my treatments because I was so terrified. I eventually figured out how to manage the side effects, knew what days I would be tired, etc so the entire process became predictable. I could never sleep while on the steriods, even with the anti nausea pills so my Onc had me take 2 Advil PM's and 1 anti nausea - that seemed to do the trick.
At the time, it seemed to go slow but looking back on the year, it has really passed fairly quickly. Try to stay in the moment and take things day to day.
You really will make it through this.
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11/19/10 Identified swollen lymph node
1/24/11 Mammogram showed microcalcifications - no mass
2/4/11 Diagnosed ER/PR- HER2+++
2/23/11 Began TCH protocol every 21 days 6x
5/23/11 Ultrasound of originally diseased lymph node shows normal
7/25/11 Lymph node dissection - 8 of 14 show disease
7/29/11 Double mastectomy with reconstruction (expanders)
8/29/11 Begin follow up chemo - Adriamycin 4 treatments every 2 weeks and Xeloda. Self inject Nupogen shots
1/6/12 6 weeks of Radiation finished
2/13/12 Last Herceptin/remove port
3/27/12 PET/Brain Scan NED :)
8/15/12 Final reconstruction - hello nipples, good bye expanders
9/14/12 Rejected implant/infection. Implant removed
5/6/13 Latissumis Dorsi surgery left side with expander
PS - my photo was taken 5 days after my double mastectomy surgery and 6 weeks after my TCH was completed
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