My scenario was, basically "Run over by a truck" feeling for 5 days each time, which included 48 hrs no sleep and aching madly bones joints etc.
my plan, plenty of dvd's to watch, did not bother with sleep, had people organised for each evening meal to distract me, & lay on the couch.
I can't add regarding pain treatment, but it is a positive treatment that your bones are working really really hard to generate new white blood cells from your bone marrow all at once to keep you healthy, and although painfull was better than spending 7 days in hospital with massive doses of antibiotics, hoping that you didnt accidently pickup an infection from anything [scary stuff] this all happened at the 1st round of taxotere. B