Taxotere, Carboplatin and Herceptin
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Hi all. It has been a while since I have posted I am currently on D12 of my second cycle. The first one really hit me hard. I didn't have a lot of nausea and never vomited but the overwhelming fatigue really blindsided me. I was able to add daily fluids after my second cycle and change from Neulasta to Neupogen. Still had a lot of fatigue but the bone pain and heartburn were much better. My new SE are a bit of numbness in hands and feet and finger nails feel like they have all been "lifted up" is the best way to describe it... crazy what these drugs do to our bodies! It is crazy how bad you can feel and how tired of everything you get... yet after a few days of feeling better you can find the strength to do this all again. I am not sure where the strength comes from some days.
I sure enjoy reading all of the posts and the encouragement that you can get from people who are experiencing the same things that you are going thru is amazing! I hope everyone is having a fantastic Friday!.0 -
hi Flutterbug. Get your fingers checked. Taxotere is the problem. Lago had her nails all lift. You dont want to get them infected. I dont know if using ice on your hands and toes will help after they start lifting. Perhaps someone can chime in on that for you. I hope you can do something to keep it from getting worse. And the fluid definetly helps.
Lovewins and Soriya, thx. I guess I shouldnt complain about mag infusions. Its just that im over a year PFC and thought most sh*t would be over. Oh well keep on going. Better than stopping and doing nothing.
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Moonflower having the big D is a big pain...I just can't decided if the big C is worse because the big C for me is usually followed by the big D!!!! Well ya'll know what I mean. lol.0 -
flutterbug - I'm 2 months PFC - or at least post taxotere. I iced down my fingers during every taxotere infusion w/frozen peas. My fingernails aren't lifting off but they are very brittle & split off before they grow. I didn't give my toe nails enough coverage the first time, but started later on. I'll probably loose both big toe nails but the rest are OK. Hope that helps.
Moon - well I get to have my mag tested Monday before I start AC. Whoopee. Maybe we'll be twins again. Hope things improve for you.0 -
Well crap moon! We were all hoping you wouldn't have to have another mag infusion! But glad that at least the big D is not as bad!0 -
Hi everyone, I have a question to ask about my experience. I had one treatment with TC and had the usual SEs all under control because of the wonderful tips from everyone. Last week I had my second treatment when they added in the H. It was a long day and when I came home I was really tired. I was really bloated you could see my face was bloated, My abdomen was really big and so on. I had a really bad night where I could feel my heart racing and I was almost hyperventilating. I was better the next morning. Now I realise that I was reacting quite badly and I will be talking to the oncologist before my next treatment. Did anyone else experience anything similar? Now I am worried about my next infusion.
Any advice or sharing of experience will be welcome-thanks.
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Viji...I did experience what I would describe as a racing heart. it was my 1st or 2nd infusion where it was intense enough for me to wonder about and thankful when it ended. I have noticed it since but only minor. my face is bloated but I thought from steroids??? also it can get flushed and eye lids puffy. hop this helps. take care...m0 -
viji, You should call your onc when this happens. It could be an allergic reaction to one of the chemo drugs.0 -
viji, all those things could be the result of the steroids, but make sure you talk to your MO before your next appt! I had the puffy face and always put on some extra fluid weight from the steroids. I never had the racing heart though. It sounds like they will have to adjust something for your next tx.0 -
Thanks everyone for your comments and advice, Will definitely talk to the oncologist before next treatment.0 -
THANK YOU for the well wishes. I made it through the night ok on Xanax, because I couldn't sleep by 2 am and all I wanted to do was EAT. Which I did a bit , but really tried to just drink a lot of liquid. When I woke up this am my bladder was so full I barely made it, and then I drank some more. My body does feel weird, achy maybe retaining some fluids ( I craved salt) even the salt mouth was tasted good but I didn't swallow ,headachy, tired and my mind a bit foggy. I have to concentrate to think/write. But I am going to keep the liquids going, hopefully I can continue to avoid anything more aggravating. I'm still in bed but have to get up to take claritin, 24 hours before Neulasta. going to try that 30 minute walk, while it is still cool out. Our weather changed a bit this weekend.
Hope you are all doing well,
Vivian
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hang in there Viv! Enjoy the walk.0 -
Vivian...I love your name. Sounds like you are doing well as can be expected, the first time I was very foggy too and it freaked me out a bit but the next 2 times my head was clearer. Walking really helped me a lot. Especially at night if I couldn't sleep.Keep taking good care of yourself.0 -
Hello Ladies, Today is my chemo 6 last one. Strange I was nervous with my 1st chemo and now i am nervous with my last chemo.I guess because of the surgery afterward n i dont kno what to expect, results, complication and side effect thing like that
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soriya - yay!!!0 -
Congratulations Soriya! I hope you celebrate!
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YAY Soriya on last chemo....surgery was the easiest thing for me .....the treatment was the worst
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October is breast cancer awareness month...get those puppies checked!
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Good for you Soriya!0 -
ChickaD that definitely made me smile.
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Hello all you Trail Angels (if you read the book Wild, you know that the trail angels are the ones who help, support, feed, etc. all the hikers hiking the 1000+ mile Pacific Crest Trail). You are all just like that. Even though I don't post much, I pop in and get a little fix - thank you.
Tomorrow is my last chemo (yay Soriya - you're done!). I am so so grateful to almost be done with this phase. A question though - one of my nails is 'lifting'. Is it a given that it will come off altogether after this last one? Does lifting seal the deal?
Also, for anyone doing rads -- This site recently posted a new article on the efficacy of shorter radiation cycles (per the article, 3 weeks is the standard in the UK). For early stage - no difference. I took it to my RO and she's agreed to give me that regimen plus some extra boosts so will total about 4 weeks! Very happy about that as well.
Lastly wondering about tamoxifen. So many stories of bad side effects etc. Anybody doing okay on it?
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Mcmacey - I had two nails lift but never come off. I still have a "divot" going down from the white part into the pink part on both nails. So it's like the connection between nail and nail bed is weak there. However, not a problem at all. I am the only one who notices....except for my nail tech, of course.
I don't know if it made a difference or not but I used cuticle oil at least twice a day on all my nails and got a mani/pedi (just shaping and massage and polish change) every three weeks before chemo.
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mcmacey - I had one nail lift, but it had been damaged prior to chemo with a high tear above where the nail grows past the fingertip. It did eventually have to be completely removed, but it grew back just fine. I would recommend cutting it as short as possible to prevent leverage from lifting it further. Also you can use a piece of tape or a band-aid to keep it from pulling up if you catch it on something. To keep bacteria and fungus from growing under it try to keep it dry and/or use antibacterial/antifungal cream also. If you can keep it from continuing to lift as the nail grows out you should be ok. Yay on the last chemo!0 -
mcmacey, yay for last chemo. Glad you will be finished with this part of it!0 -
Hurray to the ladies on last chemo! I agree with ChickaD, the treatment is far worse than surgery!
ChickaD thanks for the laugh!
I had three weeks of rads too this year. First the oncologist said 5 weeks but I questioned it having read that report too and she was happy to take it down to three. Far less of a burn.
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Yay Miss McMacey on almost being done!
My rads are 16 treatments...I'm at the Cleveland Clinic..they also have been reducing tx time.
Next is figuring out which hormone therapy I will be on...my GYN oncologist today suggested Femara instead of Tamoxifen....not sure what my MO will prescribe.
Happy Halloween everyone......
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Thank you ladies! welcome mcmacey, havent heard from you for a while. Happy Halloween ladies! i willbe sick in bed. This is the first time that i didnt take my kids out trick or treating, but they will go out with aunties n cousins.
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soriya feel better. Hope everyone had a great Halloween, or Samhain! Or Harvest Fest! Just hope it was fun..
congrats to all those finishing chemo. Yay!
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Congrats on finishing chemo ladies. Yey!!!0 -
Chicka,
I was on tamoxifen since January, but out of nowhere my liver enzymes started climbing and climbing. at first slowly, and then in mid-summer, started jumping. My MO took me off all supplements but they were still going up. Finally, after ruling out other causes (by sonogram, and then CT scan), and doing an estrodial test to confirm I was in menopause, she switched me off tamoxifen onto Femara about 2 weeks ago. Thankfully, my first blood test post-femara showed them dropping!!
So far, I haven't had any bad side effects from femara, other than hot flashes, which I got from tamoxifen also. Once my liver numbers return to normal, I will start taking calcium and vitamin D again, because femara is known to be hard on your bones. Good luck!!0
