Sheila, I'm so sorry to hear about your friend. I am keeping both of you in my prayers as I know how difficult this is.
It seems we're still on the same wave length re: stopping Xeloda and moving on to Abraxane. Although I'm now on Tykerb instead of Herceptin.
Abraxane has been very, very tolerable for me, but I'm on the weekly dose; going into week seven, and all the baddies are shrinking, and some of the smaller ones can no longer be felt
I have had stomach issues with prior infused chemo's so am on Zofran as a premed, but am planning to do without it tomorrow as the stomach has settled down alot. Never did have naseau, but probably would have for the first few weeks without Zofran as I felt "off" for the first 24 hours.
Blood counts are holding up beautifully, haven't had to miss any infusions yet which is a first for me; I'm usually one week on, one week off because of low whites. I'm glad for my port, as of course labs have to be drawn each time to make sure counts are good, and my lymphedema comprimised arms don't like sticks anymore!
Energy levels are good, but I'm careful to rest when I need to, otherwise I "bottom out" and am tired for the rest of the day.
Hair loss is minimal so far, just some thinning.
All in all, one of the easiest so far, except for Xeloda. Maybe for you it will be easier than Xeloda, as I don't think H/F is an issue and I'm sure you're ready for a break from that.
Hope this helps, and hope you can talk to your onc about rethinking the 3 weekly, as weekly does seem to be the better course.
<3 Lolly
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