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I had Decadron as a pre-med (pill form day before, day of and day after 2x a day) when I was receiving my Taxatore. The Decardon made me "wired", I would develop "moon face", a lot of bone/joint pain, sleepless nights/days (had to take Ambiern CR - Lunesta didn't work). After a few days I felt like I crashed - couldn't get enough sleep. I started Herceptin today and got Benadryl as my pre-med (IV). Other than falling asleep during infusion and having a headache after, no problems. I will take Benadryl over Decadron any day!
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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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