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Chelee · 10-01-2009, 05:56 PM

I didn't do Taxol...but I did do Taxotere and my had elevated enzymes throughout my entire treatment of TCH. In fact I didn't know about it until about the 3 cycle when I started asking for copies of my labs. I pointed it out to my onc & she said she was aware of it was keeping an eye on them. (I thought I had liver mets or something.)

After finishing the Taxotere my liver enzymes went back to normal and have remained there ever since. So I have to believe it's the Taxol causing it. These taxanes do that. As to foods to eat...Chrisy sounds like she has some good ideas. I also had lots of aches and pains all over my body...my back and hips being the worse. I really hurt at that time. Some days were worse then others...so your onc is right...this too shall pass. Hang in there...rest.

Chelee

10-01-2009, 05:56 PM	#4
Chelee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 2,511	Re: Taxol and liver.... I didn't do Taxol...but I did do Taxotere and my had elevated enzymes throughout my entire treatment of TCH. In fact I didn't know about it until about the 3 cycle when I started asking for copies of my labs. I pointed it out to my onc & she said she was aware of it was keeping an eye on them. (I thought I had liver mets or something.) After finishing the Taxotere my liver enzymes went back to normal and have remained there ever since. So I have to believe it's the Taxol causing it. These taxanes do that. As to foods to eat...Chrisy sounds like she has some good ideas. I also had lots of aches and pains all over my body...my back and hips being the worse. I really hurt at that time. Some days were worse then others...so your onc is right...this too shall pass. Hang in there...rest. Chelee __________________ DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes. Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs. Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06 Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07 3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07 9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV. 9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa 9-29-09 Power Port Placement 10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head. 11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed 12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa. 3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed. 4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone. 5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy. Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time. 7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.