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I'm on weekly Taxol/Herceptin - 2nd treatment coming up on Monday. My onc. told me hair would thin and may not come out before week 6 or 7, so I've delayed thinking about a wig.
My first treatment didn't go well - had heartburn and high BP, so the treatment was stopped and I had to come back the next day. I've really been dragging since then. I hope I can get through 11 more of these. My onc. even mentioned doing 16 of them, but I don't think so!
What bothers me is so many of my side effects (also mentioned by other women) are due to the steroids and pre-meds, not the Taxol! Which would have made Abraxane a much easier drug, but my onc. was being conservative and saying Taxol has all the data behind it.
take care all,
Anna
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- Anna
Stage I - DX 9/2005 ER/PR-, HER2+, grade 3, DCIS, IDC multi-focal (1.05cm)
DD 4 A/C finished Jan 31, 2006
Herceptin weekly finished Jan 31, 2007
recurrence to chest wall on last month of Herceptin
Stage 3B - 3/15/07 - 2 carcinomas in dermal lymphatic
Rads finished 6/5/07
12x TH finished 9/10/07
12/07 - Clear scan!
3/08 - 4 month Melatonin trial
1/09 - osteoperosis - start Alendronate
2/09 - 4-month Simivastin trial
3/13 - take drug holiday after 5 years of Alendronate
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