The second chemo treatment was better than the first, but still not great. The nausea was much more tolerable, but the fatigue was much worse. And by the end of the week I was having horrible GI issues. On Thursday I woke up at 5am with a nose bleed and diarrhea, so I called the office and they had me come in for some fluids and to be seen by the Dr. The Dr. said I should not be having this much trouble on these chemo meds, so he is now switching the meds. I was taking Toxatere and Carboplatin (along with Herceptin). Now, he wants me to take Taxol in a low-dose form. He said I should tolerate this much better. However, because he is giving it to me in a low-dose, I have to receive it more often, which means once a week! I was getting the other drugs every 3 weeks for a total of 4 treatments. Now I will do another 6 weeks of weekly treatments on Taxol. Hopefully I will have little to no side effects on this drug.
In better news: I am feeling much better today and my parents and I have decided to go camping for the weekend!!! I am really looking forward to this outing, since I have been cooped up for a week.
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