Triple Positives staying Positive through it all

I had another Herceptin/Perjetta treatment and I have the normal unwell but not horrific like chemo side effects. I almost decided not to go across the country as planned with my hubby. Glad I did, after infusion center from 7:15 to 11:00, yearly well woman check late afternoon, we headed out. Stopped for the night around midnight.

Woke up feeling better today. The sun is shining brightly and I'm glad I'm not at home. It is a bit of a shame but I was so tired of being home. I have a beautiful home but it was depressing like I was a shut in!!! I AM SO THANKFUL TO BE OUT! The United States are so pretty. When it's all said and done we will cover over 1100 miles of this wonderful country!

As a side note, we listened to an interesting talk about BC with 3 experts on NPR. We enjoyed it, lots of positive. hopeful information!!

Yes, I am so happy to be out exploring in the Northeast today! We are here for business but we make a point to add in some fun while we are here! The town we are in has a lovely downtown area. We rented an apartment from a bed and breakfast place for a month. It's an old Victorian house and we have the entire 3rd (top) floor! I can't believe everything that's up here, huge kitchen with eating area dinette by window, bedroom with King bed, separate dining and living rooms and a bathroom with a jacuzzi tub!!!

On the drive, (we love having our own car and belongings on long trips) I had to keep making stops as the H/P infusions brought on the dreaded D. Fortunately, I was blessed with tidy bathrooms every time! Lol 😉

We just make adjustments and carry on these days! Enjoy your day all...

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Hi Juli, Yes, we are enjoying our time here. We are working on a business project but are off until Tuesday. We are in Ohio close to many Amish areas. Going exploring today even though it's raining ☔️. I'm feeling better but the flu like SE's have been worse than ever. I read a post where SpecialK said slowing the infusion helped. It reminded me they did speed up the H/P this time to 30 minutes each. Before we started with 90 minutes for Herceptin and 30 for Perjetta. My first chemo was Taxotere/Carbo/H/P. I had terrible reactions to Perjetta and Taxotere. It took 2 days at the Cancer Center. I had my limit of medication to counteract reactions and never finished 100% of the Taxotere. I did spend 8 days on the Oncology floor at the hospital shortly after. My MO changed my taxane to weekly doses of Taxol with H/P every three weeks. We slowed Perjetta to 60 minutes and sped up Herceptin to 60. I think I'll request 60 again for both and see if things improve next time. It may just be, I didn't realize the H/P was responsible for many SE's and not the Taxane.

All in all, it's manageable and I'm more than 1/2 through this part of the journey! 👏 Some have had it much worse, so I'm grateful. Thank you for reminding me I havea tote full of medications if I can't take care of this with diet! The BRAT diet usually helps me but no need suffering more than you have to, right!

JJ

Hello All of you who've posted! I'm thinking it would be best for everyone if we all resume with the Triple Posituve Group again. Since we all are already there, it makes sense. I'm not computer savvy enough to know how to delete a thread but I'll follow you on the Triple Positive Group. I think the important questions are best posted there. I'm happy things are going back to normal there......God bless all of you on your journeys! Looking forward to all the good info and support I find there................

JJ