Bad Pet Results - Questions!

[janet/FL]

Hi Stephanie
So sorry that you may need more treatment, but I had Taxotere and Herceptin and can tell you that I experinced no nausea--had Zofran as a pre med and a steroid--pain was minor. My fingers sometimes felt like they were marshmellows when I typed, but I was able to type. No real pain. The steroids are probably the worst of the treatment. I needed some blood building shots--and I have noticed that the reaction to those--nuelasta, etc, are varied. I had few problems.
I would say my worst reaction was to the steriods. But it did have it's postives. I ate lots and didn't gain weight because I was so active, a skin problem that I thought would never go away--did go away and hasn't returned in one year post steroids.
I want to add that I had no other chemo before this, and that I had the Taxotere on a weekly schedule.
I think I am more scatter brained than I was, but the cause of that is debateable I am sure.

[StephN]

Sorry you have to move to more chemo. I had Taxotere as part of adjuvent treatment after I had Adriamycin. I had a one month break between the two drugs for my blood counts to come back up.

Taxotere was a hard drug for me and I had terrific pain and flu-like symptoms on the third day after treatment. This was almost disabling in my case for a few days. There have been many women who have posted on their experience with this drug, so you may want to do a search and see what they all had to say. Not everyone had as hard a time as I did.

I was taking both Neupogin and Epo during that time and would not have made it through the 4 treatments (the dose was lowered anyway for me) without those blood builders.

I had no nausea and also had to take the steroid on the day before, the day of and the day after getting the Taxotere.

Hope this one will have the good effect for you that we know it can!