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Old 09-14-2009, 04:18 AM   #14
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Re: Adriamycin

I was on Adriamycin/Cytoxan for four treatments (three weeks spaced). Lost my hair 16 days after first treatment. My main problem was constipation the first 3-4 days after treatment (took Senna to help with that) and a lot of fatigue (had treatments on Thursday and usually slept part of Saturday and most of Sunday). By Monday things would slowly start normalizing again (one day at a time). I found the treatments to be cumulative on me though i.e. it took just a tad longer to bounce back after each treatment than the previous one. All in all it was very do-able though not my most favorite thing :-). I had no problems with nausea at all. My doc had me on Zofran/Decatron/Emend regiment that worked extremely well for me. Best wishes to you! This too shall pass :-)
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Her2+.Grade 3,full masectomy left breast,sentinel nodes clear,Stage 1
6/09 Adriamycin + Cytoxan 4 treatments (every 3 weeks) followed by Taxol + Herceptin, 1 treatment weekly for 12 weeks, followed by Herceptin for 40 weeks
MRI Brain 4/10 clear
CT Body 4/10 clear
PET Body 2/11 clear
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