Metastatic Pleural Disease

Hello,

It's been 6 years since my breast cancer and I thought I was out of the woods. I still can't believe it....

So here goes, my journey started with a dry cough that wouldn't go away. The CT scan findings were suspicious for pleural and pulmonary metastatic disease. This of course set in motion a variety of tests (which all came back clean). A biopsy confirmed that it was positive for carcinoma cells and that it was consistent with the my original breast cancer.

My MO has recommended 6 rounds of Taxotere, and I started my treatment last Wednesday. Today was the first day that I actually put on clothes!!!

I guess I'm looking for hope, I've been really depressed and debating if I should try anti-depressants. Ativan can only do so much.

And this cough, it's still there. I was hoping that maybe with the first round of treatment it would subside, I'm so tired of barking. I was wondering, for those that have had lung mets and have gone through chemo, does the cough ever go away?