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Chelee · 12-06-2009, 04:15 PM

Interesting abstract...thanks. Yes...I did get the Taxotere every 3 wks. (When this happened at first my onc wanted to blame it on Herceptin and take me off of it.) I was getting Herceptin wkly and I knew it was not the herceptin...I had no problems wkly with it. It was only the 3rd wk after my 1st infusion of Taxotere that my counts were in the toilet and things went side ways. I started calling my onc for 4 days in a row saying I could not breath. My face was fire engine red and HOT to the touch. It literally hurt. I looked so sunburned. I was told to take a xanax and put a cold rag on my face. (Idiot onc!) That 4th day of me calling to complain of SOB he finally said I better come in..which they found the oxy meter said my o2 level was 82...which they then immediatly rushed me to the hospital.

As far as time of day...it's been a while since I did TCH. But it was probably later in the day because that would of been my first infusion of TCH. So I'll say around 3:00 PM for the Taxotere. I think I got Herceptin first, Carbo 2nd and Taxotere 3rd. So it may of even been later...I know it was a longggg day.

Chelee

12-06-2009, 04:15 PM	#10
Chelee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 2,511	Re: Are pre-meds needed... Interesting abstract...thanks. Yes...I did get the Taxotere every 3 wks. (When this happened at first my onc wanted to blame it on Herceptin and take me off of it.) I was getting Herceptin wkly and I knew it was not the herceptin...I had no problems wkly with it. It was only the 3rd wk after my 1st infusion of Taxotere that my counts were in the toilet and things went side ways. I started calling my onc for 4 days in a row saying I could not breath. My face was fire engine red and HOT to the touch. It literally hurt. I looked so sunburned. I was told to take a xanax and put a cold rag on my face. (Idiot onc!) That 4th day of me calling to complain of SOB he finally said I better come in..which they found the oxy meter said my o2 level was 82...which they then immediatly rushed me to the hospital. As far as time of day...it's been a while since I did TCH. But it was probably later in the day because that would of been my first infusion of TCH. So I'll say around 3:00 PM for the Taxotere. I think I got Herceptin first, Carbo 2nd and Taxotere 3rd. So it may of even been later...I know it was a longggg day. 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.