Congratulations on finally getting started with your treatment !!!!!!!! I am very happy about that.
I took Herceptin and Navelbine every week while I was healing from the hip surgery. I even had stitches and staples halfway down my leg the first two weeks and a hole near my new hip from the drain. No problems !! I didn't take premeds either.
The Decadron might be causing the constipation and flushed face. You can probably find a list of Decadron side effects on the internet. I usually try
www.thedrugname.com first and then go to the well known sites about chemo if I don't find what I am looking for by typing the drug name plus the www. prefix and the com suffix.
We are all looking forward to the news from San Antonio to find out what the latest information is about breast cancer.