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Westcoastgirl,
Chemo is not a bowl of cherries; that's for certain. I was given an infusion of a drug called Aloxi. It is a long-acting Zofran which really kept the nausea at bay. I also took Emend and Decadron orally for 3 days after the chemo infusion. The Emend works on the brain's "vomit center", basically disrupting the pathway to that area. I'm not certain I could have tossed my cookies even if I had felt like it! Good stuff!
Let us know how it goes for you. You will be in our thoughts and prayers, but then you already know that, don't you?
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Smile On!
Laurel
Dx'd w/multifocal DCIS/IDS 3/08
7mm invasive component
Partial mast. 5/08
Stage 1b, ER 80%, PR 90%, HER-2 6.9 on FISH
0/5 nodes
4 AC, 4 TH finished 9/08
Herceptin every 3 weeks. Finished 7/09
Tamoxifen 10/08. Switched to Femara 8/09
Bilat SPM w/reconstruction 10/08
Clinical Trial w/Clondronate 12/08
Stopped Clondronate--too hard on my gizzard!
Switched back to Tamoxifen due to tendon pain from Femara
15 Years NED
I think I just might hang around awhile....
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