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deevee903 · 09-18-2016, 07:01 AM

Hi all.

This is my first post. I need help!
I have had 4 rounds of TCH so far. 1 & 2 were manageable. 3 was bad so onc tweeked my steroids in hopes it would help....NOT!
Round 4...thought they were trying to kill me. I was down for 10 days with every side effect including neutropenia and anemia. It was ugly.

Please share with me your experience of cumulative side effects for subsequent rounds of chemo.

I just cant wrap my head around rounds 5 and 6.

09-18-2016, 07:01 AM	#1
deevee903 Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 10	Can these treatments get any worse? Hi all. This is my first post. I need help! I have had 4 rounds of TCH so far. 1 & 2 were manageable. 3 was bad so onc tweeked my steroids in hopes it would help....NOT! Round 4...thought they were trying to kill me. I was down for 10 days with every side effect including neutropenia and anemia. It was ugly. Please share with me your experience of cumulative side effects for subsequent rounds of chemo. I just cant wrap my head around rounds 5 and 6. __________________ Dee Dx 3/1/2016 on routine mammo, DCIS/IDC, Left, 1.2cm, Stage IA, Grade 3, 0/1 nodes, ER+/PR-, HER2+ (IHC) BRCA neg Surgery 4/5/2016 Mastectomy: Left; Reconstruction w/silicone implant Chemotherapy 7/6/2016 TCH 4 rounds 1 year total Herceptin Arimidex 5 year plan (stopped after 1 year due to unmanageable SEs) Tamoxifen started 10/2017