On February 3rd, after 12 long weeks I finally finished my last round of Herceptin and Taxol. Like I said, Herceptin and Taxol weren’t as bad as I thought! I was still able to do my daily activity! I was just happy to end this round that way I don’t have to drive to Loyola every week!
On February 10th, 2016, I started Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide. My Oncologist explained to me, that these drugs are a lot stronger, and she was certain that these drugs would attack the tumor.
I didn’t think this chemo would be as bad, since my body responded so well to the other drugs, but it was awful! Since this chemo lowers your blood count extremely, I could only get this chemo once every 2 weeks. It usually took 2 hours to give. Once it was given, before I could leave a nurse would put a patch on my arm known as Neulasta. This was the hardest part of it all. Neulasta caused horrible bone pain. I couldn’t leave bed for a couple days. My body was extremely sensitive.
On February 24th, 2016 I had my second round of Doxorubicin and Cyclophophamide. I was getting extremely sick, and started missing a lot of work. I ended up in the hospital for a week, since a blood clot was found on my right auxiliary heart chamber. My Oncologist says the blood clot could have been from the new chemo. Since I have a blood clot, I have to take shots known as lovenox every day for 3 months.
Right before I had surgery, I had to have another Echo done to see if my blood clot was still there. I’ve been on lovenox for almost 3 months, and unfortunately, the blood clot is still there, but it’s a lot smaller.
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