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caya · 05-19-2008, 08:51 PM

Good luck Terri - you will do fine. I had a few of the same drugs as you - Taxotere (the same taxane family as Taxol) , Epirubicin (your pee will turn red), and of course Herceptin.

Gerri is right - listen to your body, rest when you need to. Stay ahead of the nausea - take the meds before you think you need them, it's not easy to play "catch up" with the nausea. Drink alot, before, during and after the infusion. Vegetable soups, applesauce, bananas and soda crackers were always on hand.

I could not have done this without my port. I got it inserted before my second chemo. Use emla cream (lidocaine) a couple of hours before your infusion, then you won't feel the stick.

Best of luck to you, let us know how you are doing.

all the best
caya

05-19-2008, 08:51 PM	#4
caya Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Thornhill, Ontario Canada Posts: 2,320	Good luck Terri - you will do fine. I had a few of the same drugs as you - Taxotere (the same taxane family as Taxol) , Epirubicin (your pee will turn red), and of course Herceptin. Gerri is right - listen to your body, rest when you need to. Stay ahead of the nausea - take the meds before you think you need them, it's not easy to play "catch up" with the nausea. Drink alot, before, during and after the infusion. Vegetable soups, applesauce, bananas and soda crackers were always on hand. I could not have done this without my port. I got it inserted before my second chemo. Use emla cream (lidocaine) a couple of hours before your infusion, then you won't feel the stick. Best of luck to you, let us know how you are doing. all the best caya __________________ ER90%+/PR 50%+/HER 2+ 1.7 cm and 1.0 cm. Stage 1, grade 2, Node Negative (16 nodes tested) MRM Dec.18/06 3 x FEC, 3 x Taxotere Herceptin - every 3 weeks for a year, finished May 8/08 Tamoxifen - 2 1/2 years Femara - Jan. 1, 2010 - July 18, 2012 BRCA1/BRCA2 Negative Dignosed 10/16/06, age 48 , premenopausal Mild lymphedema diagnosed June 2009 - breast surgeon and lymph. therapist think it's completely reversible - hope so. Reclast infusion January 2012 Oopherectomy October 2013 15 Years NED!!