Third Chemo Questions

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My first two treatments were mostly uneventful except for bone pain after Neulasta but this third chemo (Taxotere and "Red Devil" combined) is really knocking me for a loop.  Days two, three and four I was so tired I could barely function.  Had lightheadedness, ringing in ears, the whole mess. Have a bit more ambition today (got neulasta shot) but now I am nauseated and my stomach feels like it did when I had the stomach flu.  I took one prochlorperazine (kind of freaky they also use it to treat schizophrenia) and am forcing myself to eat jello. I have supposedly one more chemo treatment on the 5th of Dec then a wait of about 6 weeks for mastectomy.  Any other tips or tricks to get through this? Is chemo #4 even more devestating to the body?  Will 6 weeks even be enough to recover from all the chemo to have surgery? As awful as I have been feeling since my chemo last friday I cant imagine surviving a fairly major surgery like mastectomy.