[cherylynnie]

The nurses kept telling me that the Taxotere was going to be easier than the A&C. Then they started asking me if I wanted the full dose or if I wanted it over three weeks. So I assumed if it is easier than the A&C I can do it all at once. SO I took my full dose on a Wednesday and by Sunday afternoon I started feeling beat up. Then by 6:00pm I felt like I was hit by a truck I could hardly move. Then I remembered that when the nurse was taking the needle out of my port she told me - "NOw in 3-4 days you may get flu like symtoms." Well she wasn't kidding.

Up until this point I had my mother here at my house with me. She was there for this treatment but left on that Saturday after 41/2 months at my house. She came two days after I was diagnosed (Bless her). So for the next treatment I changed to recieved the Taxotere over a three week period, as I was back to taking care of two kids, cooking, cleaning, and of course laundry.

The Dr. told me that the effects were so bad because it was on the back of the A&C. I wanted to get the chemo finished but I didn't want to feel like I had been run over by a truck everytime I had a treatment. I think I started to feel better by Tuesday night. So it was about 55 hours of feeling absolutely lousey from that first full dose. The lower dose treatment was much easier, but of course took longer.

Hang in there! It will get better!