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During my treatments with A/C my blood counts dropped way down!! First round I did the neupogen shots which gaveme such joint pian I thought I would die. After that I received Neulasta the day after chemo. I also received Procrit shot the day of chemo. My side effects with A/C were that my sense of smell became very prominent, sores in the mouth (around day 3), and of course fatigue.
I did not receive taxol but got taxatore. While on the taxatore (pre-med decadron) my side effects were again low blood counts, mouth sores and a lot of neuropathy in the hands/feet.
Again, each person reacts differently to chemo and I know that I reacted different to each round I received. Major probelm throughout was severe fatigue -- which does get better.
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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