Chemo 4

Deanne has pretty much described Docetaxel and how it affected me. I had awful bone pain and ended up taking an extra Dexamethasone tablet, (at my Onc's suggestion) on day 3 or 4 to see me through the pain. It really helped. The good thing was no nausea. The bad thing was it really hit me hard fatigue wise and it was hard to get out of bed at times. My Onc prescribed an injection of Neulasta 24 hours after each infusion to help boost white blood cells and this was great as I'd already been in hospital with a very low neutrophil count and infections as a result of the AC (similar to FEC). My Onc ended up cancelling my last Docetaxel cycle as my fingers and toes have been badly affected by neuropathy so keep an eye on that. She was worried about the possibility of this becoming permanent. This is a pretty nasty drug so let your Onc know of all your side effect symptons no matter how small. I lost my eye lashes and eye brows a week after I finished chemo so that was a surprise. But I am feeling better every day although I'm still having Herceptin intravenously every three weeks which still gives me some aches and pains and my fingers and toes are still numb and tingling. I'm not expecting the chemo drug to be gone quickly out of my body and I'm hoping that the neuropathy will settle down after not too long. Jen you will get through this lot of chemo in no time. Just remember that every day is one day closer to the finish line. Take good care of yourself and rest up. Hugs to you Love Janey xxx