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FLClover
5 years agoMember
Hi @looeeze, first of all, please don’t apologise for posting a second time. You can post as much as you want and need, that’s what this forum is for 👌🏻.
Second of all, I didn’t do chemo but I’ve read quite a bit on it, so I’ll try to help. If I make a mistake I’m sure someone will correct me. From what you’ve written, you won’t be receiving AC, also known as the red devil. That one usually gets administered before paclitaxel. TC is docetaxel, or Taxotere, so doesn’t sound like you’ll be getting that one either. I’m not sure that Herceptin has an abbreviation, or I don’t know it, but it’s given to women who are HER2 positive, which is not that common. Goserelin, or Zoladex brand name, is given once a month to suppress the ovaries. It’s usually given to women who are ER/PR positive, to put them in artificial menopause so they can take an Aromatase Inhibitor for about 5-10 years as an insurance to stop the cancer returning, as hormone therapy post treatment. If you are premenopausal, your onc might also want to give you Goserelin during chemo only, to try and preserve your fertility. It sounds like your cancer is triple positive.
Second of all, I didn’t do chemo but I’ve read quite a bit on it, so I’ll try to help. If I make a mistake I’m sure someone will correct me. From what you’ve written, you won’t be receiving AC, also known as the red devil. That one usually gets administered before paclitaxel. TC is docetaxel, or Taxotere, so doesn’t sound like you’ll be getting that one either. I’m not sure that Herceptin has an abbreviation, or I don’t know it, but it’s given to women who are HER2 positive, which is not that common. Goserelin, or Zoladex brand name, is given once a month to suppress the ovaries. It’s usually given to women who are ER/PR positive, to put them in artificial menopause so they can take an Aromatase Inhibitor for about 5-10 years as an insurance to stop the cancer returning, as hormone therapy post treatment. If you are premenopausal, your onc might also want to give you Goserelin during chemo only, to try and preserve your fertility. It sounds like your cancer is triple positive.
Hope this helps a little. Hope someone corrects me if I’m wrong. But I did also check Google to try to give you correct info 😆. Good luck! 🍀♥️