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Wow, thanks so much to all of you who replied. I am only on my third chemo followed by weekly herceptin...so this is all pretty new to me. Plus one long delay thanks to a low wbc and ending up in the hospital.
I was just lost as to why each chemo seemed so different. But seems you all pretty much agree that you never really know what to expect...and they all CAN be different. I was beginning to think my oncologist was changing my doses without telling me or something.
How I could feel SO BAD the first time...then get a concentrated dose the second time and feel pretty good. Now I have my third dose back the normal way as the first...and it too was different. Rough the first week...but pretty easy this week since just the herceptin. But I now think alot of it is due to a better oncologist I switched too. She is making sure she gives me the Neulasta...UNLIKE my first oncolgist. Plus she gave me Procrit when my counts were down....the first doctor didn't. Now she even ordered me a Iron Infusion I went for yesterday after my herceptin. My new oncologist is on top of everything. My other oncologist didn't do anything about my low counts. I paid dearly for it too in the hospital. He knew they were low..even told me so...but never told me there was Neulasta to boost your count.
Anyway...THANKS TO ALL OF YOU. It seems from reading all of your posts that the chemo side affects vary alot. I do know the taxotere is the cause of most the bone/joint pain. However this time I got lucky...didn't have much of that on this third cycle. So I guess I will never really know what I will feel like until after each one.
Thanks a million...you guys are great!
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