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Janet F/L and Patti,
My cancer was 14mm and i had two out of twelve nodes affected so chemo was really highly recommended by my oncologist. It was suggetsed that i have 4 doses of AC and 4 doses of Taxol, one dose every three weeks. Looking back it doesn't seem so bad but going through it was. I lost my beautiful long blonde hair which in the big scheme of things may seem minor but was very important to me. I also felt constantlu nauseous. The fatigue was also horrendous, some days i felt like i was just dragging myself around. However i worked full time throughout my treatment which i now realise was not the most sensible thing to do - i should really have given my body a chance to heal and recover. Some days in the office i don't think i achieved anything i was simply there. By the time i had my sixth dose of chemo 4 doses of AC and 2 of Taxol i realised that i could not do it anymore and i chose not to have the last two doses of taxol. It was at that point that i found out that i was HER2 +++ and my onc said in those circumstances not having the last two taxol doses would not make a significant difference as taxol was not particularly effective with HER2 positive tumours. I have been reading this website ans i see that a lot of woman have had taxol so i don't know if they were given any information different to me. However the bottom line is that at 39 (age of diagnosis) and my children only being 15 and seven i had to do everything i could to ensure that i survived. Two years down the track i am disease free and hoping to remain that way. Janet M
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