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dougal
8 years agoMember
Waiting for chemo!!
Hi Everyone, I am new to this network. My name is Debbie and I was diagnosed with Invasive ductal carcinoma, grade 2, HER positive amplified, oestrogen and progesterone receptor positive, tumour 23mm,...
kmakm
8 years agoMember
Excellent Debbie! Something solid and understandable. I had Docetaxel (that's the T in your acronym) but not the others so I'm afraid I can't help you specifically.
But I can say that they will only give you what they think you can cope with. In other words, keep your eyes on the prize, banishing BC from your life forever. You'll be surprised how quickly it becomes routine and then it's over and disappearing in the rearview mirror. No one gets ALL in side effects, and if you have good communications with your oncologist, which it sounds like you have, she should be able to help you stay on top of them.
Pop TCH in the search bar on the home page here and see what you can find.
Chemo sucks but cancer sucks more. K xox
But I can say that they will only give you what they think you can cope with. In other words, keep your eyes on the prize, banishing BC from your life forever. You'll be surprised how quickly it becomes routine and then it's over and disappearing in the rearview mirror. No one gets ALL in side effects, and if you have good communications with your oncologist, which it sounds like you have, she should be able to help you stay on top of them.
Pop TCH in the search bar on the home page here and see what you can find.
Chemo sucks but cancer sucks more. K xox