What kind of chemo?

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RJ62
RJ62 Member Posts: 58
edited June 2014 in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
What kind of chemo?
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  • RJ62
    RJ62 Member Posts: 58
    edited March 2008

    I guess  I am leaning towards chemo. I asked in an earlier thread about not doing it. I have not talked to an onocologist in detail yet, just a consultation. I am curious from all your experiences what kind you got. In 2000 I received adrimiacyn, cytoxin and taxol. What cocktail will they give me now? I heard some  bad things on adrimiacyn and that they don't give it twice???  Chemo probably has advanced in 8yrs. I have been searching through all the threads but it is confusing.

    I am really worried about my job. Can I do a dose dense version(less time out of work)

    The last ime I was out the whole time. I had a different job and they were great. Not so much this time.

    Is there any websites I can go to look at all the different chemos and get information on them (long , short tem side affects, which chemo for different Dx's etc) I am triple neg, stage 1 grade 3,  this time.

    Sorry for all the questions just more worried this time around. Thanks everybody!!

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  • sftfemme65
    sftfemme65 Member Posts: 790
    edited March 2008

    I would ask for carboplatin/taxol.  I'm doing a/c (just finished) and start 12 weekly taxols monday.  I wouldn't want to do a/c again not if I could avoid it.

    Teresa

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  • twink
    twink Member Posts: 1,574
    edited March 2008

    Adriamycin does have a recommended lifetime dosage limit.  Up to

    450mg/m2 (450 mg per square meter of body surface area) and the likelihood of heart damage is very low. Between 450-550mg/m2 the risk increases very slightly, therefore 550mg/m2 is generally used as the lifetime limit.  At doses higher than 550mg/m2 the risk of heart damage jumps up to 30% or more. The average body surface area is about 1.60 square meters for women making the maximum lifetime dosage about 880mg.

     

    Taxotere is getting good reviews for triple negs as are platinums (carbo- and cis-).  Dose dense (every two weeks) seems to be the standard protocol now too.

     

    Here's a link to a pretty good site explaining the various chemos and their SEs.  It's not specific to BC though.

     

    I worked through all chemo and rads treatment last year.  Some days were more difficult than others but I made it.  I generally felt my worst between days 3 and 5 following the chemo infusion. If I could redo my planning I would've opted to have chemo on Wednesday (instead of Thursday) allowing my worst days to fall on Saturday and Sunday.   As it was, whenever I took the days immediately following chemo off, I wasn't feeling too bad.

     

    Good luck with your decision.

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