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chrisy · 10-19-2008, 12:50 PM

Dianne,

Figure you're tired of my responses already on your other thread!

Everyone is different in responses to chemo. I think for most people, this is NOT the chemo as it has always been portrayed.

There are lots of medicines to help manage side effects, and when I got chemo they really expected you NOT to have unmanageable side effects.

I had TCH and never once felt nausea, ate Mexican food on the way home from chemo, and although I did have to learn to embrace my inner baldness and at times felt tired I thought at the time that I was feeling just fine and was able to do everything I would normally do.

You need to be cautious about cutting yourself (low platelets) and around flu season, but don't claim all the bad side effects until you actually have some. Because you may not.

10-19-2008, 12:50 PM	#4
chrisy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Central Coast, CA Posts: 3,207	Dianne, Figure you're tired of my responses already on your other thread! Everyone is different in responses to chemo. I think for most people, this is NOT the chemo as it has always been portrayed. There are lots of medicines to help manage side effects, and when I got chemo they really expected you NOT to have unmanageable side effects. I had TCH and never once felt nausea, ate Mexican food on the way home from chemo, and although I did have to learn to embrace my inner baldness and at times felt tired I thought at the time that I was feeling just fine and was able to do everything I would normally do. You need to be cautious about cutting yourself (low platelets) and around flu season, but don't claim all the bad side effects until you actually have some. Because you may not. __________________ Chris in Scotts Valley June 2002 extensive hi grade DCIS (pre-cancer-stage 0, clean sentinal node) Mastectomy/implant - no chemo, rads. "cured?" 9/2004 Diag: Stage IV extensive liver mets (!) ER/PR- Her2+++ 10/04-3/05 Weekly Taxol/Carboplatin/Herceptin , complete response! 04/05 - 4/07 Herception every 3 wks, Continue NED 04/07 - recurrence to liver - 2 spots, starting tykerb/avastin trial 06/07 8/07 10/07 Scans show stable, continue on Tykerb/Avastin 01/08 Progression in liver 02/08 Begin (TDM1) trial 08/08 NED! It's Working! Continue on TDM1 02/09 Continue NED 02/10 Continue NED. 5/10 9/10 Scans NED 10/10 Scans NED 12/10 Scans not clear....4/11 Scans suggest progression 6/11 progression confirmed in liver 07/11 - 11/11 Herceptin/Xeloda -not working:( 12/11 Begin MM302 Phase I trial - bust:( 03/12 3rd times the charm? AKT trial 5/12 Scan shows reduction! 7/12 More reduction!!!! 8/12 Whoops...progression...trying for Perjeta/Herceptin (plus some more nasty chemo!) 9/12 Start Perjeta/Herceptin, chemo on hold due to infection/wound in leg, added on cycle 2 &3 11/12 Poops! progression in liver, Stop Perjeta/Taxo/Herc 11/12 Navelbine/Herce[ptin - try for a 3 cycles, no go. 2/13 Gemzar/Carbo/Herceptin - no go. 3/13 TACE procedure