Hi chicken, Zed, Alviego and all, Your treatment won’t be too bad ( I hope) Ive just had my 3rd cycle trastuzamab, pertuzamab and docetaxol which I have been on since the start of my treatment. I didn’t have EC . My chemo is Carboplatin. The targeted drugs don’t seem to given me any horrendous side effect. Docetaxal seem to make me feel very nauseous and sick. I-have been on Ondasetron but on my 2nd cycle I felt nauseous for 10 days. I told my Oncologist who prescribed Emend ( tells your brain not to feel sick lol) for my 3rd cycle yesterday. It’s expensive so they don’t automatically prescribe it. I still take Ondasetron as well as that works on your tummy I think. So far I don’t feel too bad. I also take steroids that cause constipation. Other drugs give me the trots. I do try to manage the effects with with diet, not always successfully so then the pills. If you get bad diarrhoea my chemo nurse advised drinking lucozade sports drink to replace the electrodes immediately after an episode. It seemed to work with me. Stopped the I’ll feeling very quickly. When I started the treatment I was told that they drip the drugs slowly so they can pick up on any adverse reactions and sort it. You have a long break before the docetaxol so they can determine which drugs you react too. I dad my treatment over 2 days to start but Iwas still therefor nearly 7 hours. But if you seem okay they will let you leave earlier as long as you have someone with you just in case. Also I feel very lazy at times but if possible I try to go for a walk. It definitely makes me feel better for a while and then I have a better rest ( don’t feel soooo rotten just pleasantly weary. Anyway Good luck with your new regime. I hope it goes as well as mine but just remember all these Nasty poisons are necessary to get rid of the nasty invaders Best wishes all, Bod xx
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