Anyone on Taxotere, Perjeta and Herceptin

 Thanks TJG2 will certenily need it

Pamela, I lost almost all of my hair on the same regimen. It started shedding around day 15-16 of the first round. I still have some, but it is very sparse. Three of the four agents have hair loss as an SE, unfortunately.

I was on the Taxotere, Herceptin, and Perjeta and tolerated all the treatments very well. I will be on H & P for life as well and have had no noteworthy side effects as of yet, and am also very grateful that these targeted therapies are available for us. I also lost all my hair after first treatment from the Taxotere only, but now hair is regrowing. Ann

Thank you Teakie88 mikarae

was just hard to hear that lifelong injections is our reality =(

hoping for all to be NED

I had 4 Perjeta treatments and that was it. I think that most who are not metastatic have between 4-6 but I could be wrong. Hope you keep ahead of the SE's and that you are done before you know it. Best, Linda

smitty, Welcome to the BCO community. We are glad that you reached out here. Keep posting as there are wonderful members who are informed and supportive. The Mods

Thank you for the replies. I am glad to hear there are others with same treatment at same stage. I trust my doc but it is good to hear what others are saying too.

smitty, I did what you're doing. I finished 6 TCHP on Dec. 15th and will continue Herceptin for a year. I'm tentatively scheduled for an MX this coming Friday, so we're holding off on the first Herceptin-only infusion until the 23rd.

Lakeside, good luck with your first infusion. They ran things slower for me, so my first infusion day (TCHP) took a good 6 hours or so from start to finish. I took oral steroids starting the night before and the morning of, and then they gave me Aloxi (anti-emetic), Benadryl and more steroids in my IV before they started the chemo. I probably could have driven myself home every time, but I was always glad I didn't have to. It was more mental than physical, though.

Lakeside, you're welcome. Chemo isn't fun, but you do get through it. I'm already three weeks PFC, and I can clearly remember feeling like I would never finish while in the midst of it. But you push through. Stay as well hydrated as you can. That is very helpful.

thanks ladies! I made it thru THP on 1/8 and then just taxol on 1/15. I have to say that bowels are the biggest issue... I have found myself having more discussion about bowel movements in the past few weeks than ever in my life. My dr asked me this week how that aspect was going if any better and I broke out into hysterical laughter ... slap your knee, snorting, pee your pants, crazy laughter. I even had her laughing uncontrollably! I don't know why but it just struck me funny that this is my #1 conversation.

Here's to all of my THP sisters... Wishing you more good days than bad and fewer conversations about BMs! Haha

Hi. So appreciate sharing the exerience. I finished my first treatment (TCHp) a little over a week ago. Seemed ok 2 to 3days after then the side effects kicked in and still there day 8. Words of wisdom in prep for round 2?

Shelly 0203, sounds like you got through your first treatment ok. The pre-meds you get before the chemo help to hold off SE's for a couple of days. I knew after my first treatment that I can count on feeling good for about 48 hr. after the treatment. The third day after I crashed, all the pre-meds are out of the system and on come the SE's. It took me a week and a half after each treatment before I started feeling better. My treatments were every three weeks, so week and a half felt crappy, the last week and a half felt better every day. Some SE's got better as my treatments went on, except the fatigue, that felt like it got worse as treatments went by. Was just so happy to complete all six rounds of chemo. I hope that for you too. My first treatment was the worst. Hopefully, you will sail through all of yours and have successful outcome.

still doing ok agnes?

scrunchthec, It's great that you haven't had much side effects. To me that sounds like neulasta side effects? how long ago was you last shot? Also, are you getting Lupron injections (ovarian suppressor)? that too, causes the bone pain. Mine would start in knee and lower pain, and then spread around, but it was "sudden and weird"

Scrunch- It could be se's ,could be the neulasta if you get that ,or could be dehydration.

I am funny I am fine the week after my chemo (same as yours) but then start feeling like crappers around day 8. Try pushing yourself to drink a bit more fluid if you get the headache back and see if that helps. I had a headache for 2 days and nothing helped. I finally held my nose and drank some water down and bada bing headache gone.