Hi Guys,Thought I'd spread the word on a new study I heard about from my sister. My sister, Kathy, is the best. She took the news of my cancer pretty hard but has totally been there for me. She did tons of research on her own so that she would understand what I was going through. We went through a bad scare a couple of weeks ago when... Read more
Hi Everybody,Sitting in infusion for my 5th round of Taxol (all ready had the 4 rounds AC). Got just a little cocky and paid the price. The Taxol just seemed so much easier to bear than the Adriamycin and Cytoxin that "Dr. Koponen" decided to stop taking the nausea medicine (don't like taking meds if I don't need to). Well,... Read more
Hi Guys!!How is everybody?!?!? Talk about confusing!! Doxorubicin/Adriamycin/Anastrozole /Arimidex/Paclitaxel/Taxol/Tamaxofin/Trastuzumab/Herceptin /Warfarin/ProchlorperDexamethasonWarfarin/Cytoxin /Cyclophosphamide/etc/etc/etc/etc..... anybody else confused yet!!! I really kind of concentrate on one step at a time and when I finished the... Read more
Hi Everybody,Just a quick update...just had chemo #4 yesterday...that is the last round of adrimyacin and cytoxin! In 3 weeks I start my 12 round of tamoxofin. I'll start the 52 weeks of herceptin then, too. So, the way I see it, I am halfway through the chemo...major milestone!!! In 15 weeks, my hair will start to grow... Read more
Hi Everybody,I've talked with a lot of you but haven't written a journal entry in a bit!!My second round of chemo went very well. The doctor changed a few of the nausea meds around and I didn't get anywhere near as sick. Hopefully they've keyed in on what works for me!! Kytril is the anti nausea drug that works for me...they have... Read more
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