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Side Effects
Hi, I took 4 treatments of A/C and 12 of Taxol and Herceptin. Still on the Herceptin only after 10 months.
I did not experience the headaches, dry eyes, styes or rashes. I did however have extreme fatigue. Some days I could not stand up for more than 2 minutes at a time. All you can do is rest, rest, rest and then sleep. I would have to stop and sit down every time I tried to do anything. I was off work for about 1 year between the surgeries and chemo.
I also had mouth sores. Doctor gave me a script for some mouth rinse that was supposed to help but it didn't help me much. Lots of people have said it helped them though. I just tried to find things I could eat that did not aggravate the mouth sores. I ate a lot of jello and watermelon and drank water and luke warm tea.
Mostly unfortunately I just tried to gut through it all. I will say, the mouth sores go away pretty quickly once treatment ends. It took me a few months after treatment to even begin to get my strength back. I was concerned that the fatigue would never go away but it does.
Today, I have hair and strength and am back to work. Food tastes good again. So hang in there. Kool
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