[doh2pa]

Hi Stephanie,

I just finished up seven rounds of tri weekly taxotere for 2 liver mets. I took it along with herceptin. My side effects were hair loss, some neuropathy (tingling in feet mostly), and back and rib pain on the 4th or 5th day after treatment. This was manageable with Tylenol. I also began to get some nail issues after treatment #4. They started to hurt and began to turn white and greyish from the top down. This seems to be getting better now and I did not loose any nails. Also after treatment 4 I started to get excessive tearing in both eyes. This was so annoying, I could not wear my contacts and tears would just stream down my face all day long. This is just beginning to get better and I'm one month out. I took B6 and glutamine and it seemed to keep the neuropathy from getting too bad. I also took steriods the day before and morning of (hate them). No nausea, which was great.

My latest PET was good - no activity and my CAT showed the two spots were much smaller so my Onc is calling this stable and giving me 3 months off - yipppeeee!! So hopefully it will work for you. This was my 3rd round of chemo in as many years and I found this much more tolerable than the other two. So I think it's a good combo to try.

Hang tough - you'll get through this.

Donna