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Donna1974
5 years agoMember
New and wanting to say hi 🙋♀️
Hi 🙋♀️ I have trolled on here since being diagnosed triple positive in October 2020! I had a bilateral mastectomy and left axillary clearance in November in which they found a 2nd lesion! so I h...
noosa_blue150
5 years agoMember
Have to agree with Afraser —- many find the AC chemo,harder than taxcel . I had AC chemo first , like you. It was definitely the hardest chemo (I had peaks and troughs in energy ; a few days post infusion where I felt ok then I’d feel very tired and I’d be quite tired then I’d pick up at end before next; dose). I escaped nausea effects , had a few mouth issues and it affected my nails badly. Taxcel was easier to tolerate although I did get aches in limbs and it gave me some peripheral neuropathy issues which the medical staff monitor you closely for. Herceptin infusions (a type of immunotherapy) are very easy I feel , but they can affect heart ejection fractions in some patients but again your medical,staff will be monitoring you with echocardiograms and my symptoms have been managed well with cardiac drugs. Not hard to,tolerate . I’m about to find out more about hormone treatment - no idea what effect they’ll have and again everyone’s different in how they react .
good luck with your treatment pathways , hope,you can manage the adverse effects and get through it all.
good luck with your treatment pathways , hope,you can manage the adverse effects and get through it all.