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vlcarr · 10-09-2009, 02:17 PM

Thank you for sharing. What is the deal with your nails? Does it just dry them out?

I have a script for Ambien. What is the purpose of the steroids? Do you take those ahead of time? I see my onco for the first time since surgery which is the same day as my first treatment.

Thank you for the websites--I liked them both. I'm not real sure about the wigs either. I tend to be hot more than cold most of the time and sweat like a pig even before I got sick.

10-09-2009, 02:17 PM	#6
vlcarr Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 343	Re: TCH Side Effects Thank you for sharing. What is the deal with your nails? Does it just dry them out? I have a script for Ambien. What is the purpose of the steroids? Do you take those ahead of time? I see my onco for the first time since surgery which is the same day as my first treatment. Thank you for the websites--I liked them both. I'm not real sure about the wigs either. I tend to be hot more than cold most of the time and sweat like a pig even before I got sick. __________________ Vicky Age 47, TN, Diagnosed 05/09 Her2+, ER/PR-, Stage III, 2 tumors = 1 8cm tumor Grade 3 Sentinel Node Biopsy-speck present in 1 node Completed 3 month clinical trial of weekly Herceptin and 1000mg Tykerb daily Tumor no longer present Right mastectomy and lymph node removal 09/25/09 No cancer present at time of surgery, none in lymph nodes Start TCH 10/15, every 3 weeks for 4 months followed by radiation Finished chemo 01/28/10-YEAH! Herceptin every 3 wks until end of June Radiation begins 03/01, 6 1/2 weeks Radiation complete--Yeah!! Developed lymphedema after radiation In hospital for 4 days with pneumonia:( Herceptin done! 06/24/10 Port Removed 07/08/10 Still in PT for lymphedema and mobility issues DIEP Reconstruction 05/11 I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it~~Maya Angelou