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Jackie07 · 09-03-2009, 08:24 PM

Lori,

Sounded like you are undergoing a new kind of schedule - because your Herceptin is every other week. Be sure to take care of your heart by exercising as much as you can.

Life definitely continues. There are many antiemetic medicine available, you shouldn't have too much problem during or after chemo. I actually gained weight during chemo. Be sure to let your doctors and nurses know exactly how you are feeling, so they can give you the right stuff.

Rest well, eat a balanced diet, exercise regularly (walking is the best) My biggest challenge was to juggle with my work schedule. Since I had had a couple of brain surgeries before, the hair thing was never an issue during my chemo for breat cancer. Find a wig that fits your personality - I used a thin, small silk hankerchief to cushion the inside because I have very oily skin.

Good luck in picking your wig!

09-03-2009, 08:24 PM	#2
Jackie07 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: "Love never fails." Posts: 5,809	Re: Taxotere Carboplatin Herceptin TCH Lori, Sounded like you are undergoing a new kind of schedule - because your Herceptin is every other week. Be sure to take care of your heart by exercising as much as you can. Life definitely continues. There are many antiemetic medicine available, you shouldn't have too much problem during or after chemo. I actually gained weight during chemo. Be sure to let your doctors and nurses know exactly how you are feeling, so they can give you the right stuff. Rest well, eat a balanced diet, exercise regularly (walking is the best) My biggest challenge was to juggle with my work schedule. Since I had had a couple of brain surgeries before, the hair thing was never an issue during my chemo for breat cancer. Find a wig that fits your personality - I used a thin, small silk hankerchief to cushion the inside because I have very oily skin. Good luck in picking your wig! __________________ Jackie07 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2011/06/doctors-letter-patient-newly-diagnosed-cancer.html http://www.asco.org/ASCOv2/MultiMedi...=114&trackID=2 NICU 4.4 LB Erythema Nodosum 85 Life-long Central Neurocytoma 4x5x6.5 cm 23 hrs 62090 semi-coma 10 d PT OT ST 30 d 3 Infertility tmts 99 > 3 u. fibroids > Pills CN 3 GKRS 52301 IDC 1.2 cm Her2 +++ ER 5% R. Lmptmy SLNB+1 71703 6 FEC 33 R Tamoxifen Recc IIB 2.5 cm Bi-L Mast 61407 2/9 nds PET 6 TCH Cellulitis - Lymphedema - compression sleeve & glove H w x 4 MUGA 51 D, J 49 M Diastasis recti Tamoxifen B. scan Irrtbl bowel 1'09 Colonoscopy 313 BRCA1 V1247I hptc hemangioma Vertigo GI - > yogurt hysterectomy/oophorectomy 011410 Exemestane 25 mg tab 102912 ~ 101016 stopped due to r. hip/l.thigh pain after long walk DEXA 1/13 1-2016 lesions in liver largest 9mm & 1.3 cm onco. says not cancer. 3-11 Appendectomy - visually O.K., a lot of puss. Final path result - not cancer. Start Vitamin D3 and Calcium supplement （600mg x2) 10-10 Stopped Exemestane due to r. hip/l.thigh pain OKed by Onco 11-08-2016 7-23-2018 9 mm groundglass nodule within the right lower lobe with indolent behavior. Due to possible adenocarcinoma, Recommend annual surveilence. 7-10-2019 CT to check lung nodule. 1-10-2020 8mm stable nodule on R Lung, two 6mm new ones on L Lung, a possible lymph node involvement in inter fissule. "I WANT TO BE AN OUTRAGEOUS OLD WOMAN WHO NEVER GETS CALLED AN OLD LADY. I WANT TO GET SHARP EDGED & EARTH COLORED, TILL I FADE AWAY FROM PURE JOY." Irene from Tampa Advocacy is a passion .. not a pastime - Joe