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Christina, I know what you mean about the anticipation (read DREAD!! lol) of the first dose of chemo. They take it really slow initially and first administer drugs to relax and to prevent side effects. And of course they are very vigilant. That is why my first session was 9 hours. Then 7.
The cancer center psychologist told me that when I got the first dose it would be like "popping the balloon of anxiety" and she was right. The fear was far worse than the reality! So far so good.
I have read about supplements and the fact that they are not necessarily "benign". Some can be counterproductive to our treatment so it would be prudent to take those with your doctor's blessing. They are plant based, but so are some chemo drugs, and look how potent they can be.....
Please ask us anything you can think of. It feels good to be able to offer some input even if it is only from the perpective of 2 treatments....
I very much remember how I felt a few short weeks ago....
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Bonnie
Post menopause
May 2007 Core biopsy, Rt breast
ER+, Pr-, HER2 +++, Grade 3
Ki-67: 90%
"suspicious area" left breast
Bilateral mastectomy, (NED on left) May 2007
Sentinel Node Neg
Stage 1, DCIS with microinvasion, 3 mm, mostly removed during the biopsy....
Femara (discontinued 7/07) Resumed 10/07
OncoType score 36 (July 07)
Began THC 7/26/07 (d/c taxol and carboplatin 10/07)
Began Herceptin alone 10/07
Finished Herceptin July /08
D/C Femara 4/10 (joint pain/trigger thumb!)
5/10 mistakenly dx with lung cancer. Middle rt lobe removed!
Aromasin started 5/10
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