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My doctor definitely has been holding back the Taxol due to the neuropathy. He was going to hold it today but we decided to try it again for a week. I appreciate that he is taking it so seriously. [After three weeks no Taxol I still have numbness/hypersensitivity but not some of the previous skin problems or muscle/joint aches/pains.]
So we'll try it for a week and see what happens.
Sheila: My pre-Taxol IV meds include: 20mg Pepcid, 4mg Decadron, and 25mg Benedryl...roughly half of what you receive. Though I'm not sure an increase would address the neuropathy (but maybe the tendency to respond to the Taxol in an allergic or systemic toxic sense). You would probably know better than me on this one.
All said there will only be twelve weeks of Taxol plus Herceptin (with or without the Taxol). Herceptin continues after the twelve weeks of course.
Melanie
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Diagnosed: 7/13/07 (or 7/7/07)
Surgery: 8/15/07 Modified Radical One Side with Lymph Node Dissection
Pathology Report: ER/PR-, HER2+ with FISH at 8.4 copies, Grade 3, Stage IIIa, 3.2 cm tumor plus 4/19 positive lymph nodes
Portacath: 9/7/07
Chemo: 9/14/07 with AC (every three weeks) for four rounds
Physical Therapy for ROM Loss / "Cording" (but not Lymphodema)
Taxol + Herceptin weekly (started 12/2007 with 8 of 12 Taxol)
Radiation: (28 rads from 3/07 to 4/07)
Reconstruction (silicone implant)
Herceptin done (10/08)
Cognitive Remediation (11/08 - 12/08)
Lymphedema Diagnosed 5/10/10 (almost 3 years post cancer diagnosis)
Lymphedema Rehab 9/10/10 - 11/10/10
Six years NED...7/7/2013!
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