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my experience
I have had both Taxol and Taxotere. I honestly do not remember if I had benadryl for taxotere. I had added herceptin to my taxotere/xeloda combo back then and they gave me benadryl for awhile and then I think I refused it-so now that I'm rambling maybe they didn't give it for taxotere (6 years ago anyway). I was also supposed to take decadron orally, but I hated it and kinda, sorta told tham I took it when I really didn't-I am not recommending that anyone else do that. I am kinda rebellious that way and it could have gone south for sure.
When I did Taxol a couple years later they told me that I absolutely had to take benadryl as Taxol is unpredictable i.e. a reaction could occur at any infusion and that just because the first or second went well doesn't guarantee that any other will. So I was a good girl for that and never had a reaction.
Anyway, best of luck in finding a solution and I will be curious to see others' experiences with all of this fun.
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with love and gratitude,
joy
dx stage I 2/2000*er/pr+; her- per IHC*lumpectomy*4 rounds A/C*30 rads*tamoxifen*dx stage 4 5/2002*huge mets to liver*tiny mets to lungs*stopped tamoxifen*5/02 taxotere/xeloda*her 2 checked with FiSH-her2+++herceptin *2/03 stopped chemo femara w/herceptin*zolodex*04 switched to aromasin w/herceptin*05 high estrogen tx*11/05taxol/carbo*7/06 stopped chemo; megace/herceptin*9/06navelbine/herceptin*5/07tykerb/xeloda great response*4/08 progression in liver; ooph/ faslodex /herceptin
6/08 began Herceptin DM-1
9/08 progression
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