onco appt ....recc chemo

Hello Paulette

In case this helps, I'm 22 months ahead of you with a Stage 2 Grade 3 tumour and went through chemo - as well as radiation and Herceptin.

Like you, I was lucky not to have any spread to the lymph nodes - and I didn't have it in the blood either.

My docs tell me I'm cancer-free after my treatment and hopefully you will be too!

Good luck!

Alice

Paulette- Wishing you the best with your treatment plan.  I know the mere thought of having chemo has probably overwhelmed you but keep taking deep calming breaths in.  You will get through your time in chemoland.  I had 6 rounds of Cytoxan/Taxotere with a Neulasta shot chaser ( those Neulasta shots started with my 3rd round of chemo because I developed a high spikey fever/chills after the 2nd round).  I've been on Tamoxifen for 14 months ( I started taking Tamoxifen a month after I finished chemo).  I did what I could do to help myself while in chemoland... kept a daily log of my food intake, my drugs and symptoms, ate well, slept and rested as best I could... iced my fingernails and toe nails, went for walks, etc.  These are things that are in one's control.  Yes, my hair fell out and I never buzzed or shaved my head.  I did cut off my hair into a short pixie.  I had decided that I wanted to see if my hair would really totally fall out from the chemo.  Believe it or not, I was left with a very very thin veil of hair on my head.  I finished chemo in August 2012 and my hair, eyebrows and eyelashes all returned.  If you have any questions, please feel free to private message me.  When you start your chemo, please come to the Cytoxan/Taxotere ladies February/March 2013 thread http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/69/topic/800978?page=47#idx_1388... ( that thread is always open to anyone and has continued past that start date with new people all of the time!).  You may also want to join a chemo discussion thread that begins the  same month as you are start your chemo.  Good luck..... hugs!!!