I know what you mean about that Taxotere Sherry. That is some nasty stuff. I know after my first infusion of the Taxotere, Herceptin, and Carbpotin...I felt dusted. I had lots of bone pain and hurt all over. I was misrable. I know I am dreading this coming Monday...thats when I start this all up again. I get all three again starting Monday. I have had a long break since my visit to the hospital...and was just now feeling pretty good. Now its back to the old grind.
Your tough if you can handle the Taxotere weekly? Every three weeks is bad enough for that. But it sounds like you are almost done with your treatments. Thank goodness.
You might be right about my oncologist. I never thought of him giving me larger doses of herceptin every three weeks. I will have to ask him if that is what he is doing. That would make sense...never crossed my mind. Thanks for pointing that out.
I just want my best shot at this like anyone else does. I just know us Her2/Neu girls need are herceptin....so I didn't like the sudden change out of the blue. I understand he is concerned now after my hospital stay...but i really feel as i stated before it was due to him letting my counts get too low. He knew they were low after my first infusion...but waited three weeks to do anything about it. (I just told him at my last visit I am tired of him NOT listening to me!) I told him how I metioned to him four days in a row how I could NOT breath. Then he waits till I end up in the hospital. Obivious I couldn't breath because I was getting an infection....the pnemonia. Maybe next time he will pay attention to me!