Question re chemo working

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Dear all,

Please can someone help me with the following. My wife is having chemo taxol and carboplatin. Plus herceptin and pertuzamb. She finished her 6th session out of 18. All before surgery.

She had an Mri and will get results on Friday. I wanted a heads up in case.

My wife can still feel the lump in her breast and lymph? We are not sure if it's shrunk. My questions.

1. Does this mean the chemo is not working?
2. Should the chemo have shrunk the lumps to nothing by now? Is this normal?
3. If not how long in terms of chemo sessions does it normally take for the chemo to shrink the lump?
4. How bad is it if the chemo has not shrunk the lump. Does that mean the cancer is spreading.

Also in terms of side effects

1. My wife has a constant dull headache. Is that normal?

Thanks all. And hope this message finds you all well and in good health.