breast cancer

gilliand

can anyone tell me about treatment for triple negative breast cancer

Moderators

Hi gilliand, and welcome to BCO!

While you wait for the ever helpful responses from the ladies (and gents) on these boards, you can start on the main Breastcancer.org site. There's a wealth of information on Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, including treatment for triple-negative.

Also, there's an entire section on IBC that you may find helpful. 

We hope these links help! Stay tuned for helpful chime-ins from the other members here

--The Mods

SunnyCoconut

I had AC dose dense for 4 treatments everyother week and then Taxol dose dense for 4 treatments everyother week.  I never felt nausiated during any of my treatments because they have a lot of good anti-nausea meds now.  During AC, I felt yucky for lack of a better word.  Usually the first day or two after treatment I was fine then the next 2 or 3 days I didnt feel very good and slept a lot.  Taxol was better for me.  I had a lot of bone pain in my legs and hips but I can deal with pain.  The timing was the same, first day or two felt fine, next 2 or 3 days pain.  

During every treatment they also gave me steroids, anti-nausea meds, xanax, and benedryl in my infusion.  The day after every treatment I came back in for Neulasta shot.  The shot helps your white blood cells.

It is a lot but it is tolerable.  And it can kill cancer!!  What better motivation than that?!

Best of luck to you.

gilliand

I was given 4 AC and 12 taxol and i am about to do radiation. I was told that chemo did not kill all the cancer cells, so after raiation they will do some more test