I decided that I wanted to do progress updates mostly to keep track of how I'm feeling from day to day so that I can talk to my doctor about it. I also decided that I'm going to count my days by week of treatment followed by the day of the week - hence the... Continue Reading →
I have spent some time searching the internet and Facebook groups looking for all of the recommendations for going through chemotherapy. I’m fortunate that I will be receiving the least bad chemo drug, Taxol, along with the HER2-targeted treatment, Herceptin. A week or so ago I had to sit through my chemo consent appointment where... Continue Reading →
What is a port and why do you get it? Ports are implants that sit under your skin and they feed into a major vein to deliver medication. These are used frequently in patients requiring chemotherapy because the infusions can be rough on your veins and you get numerous infusions over an extended period of... Continue Reading →
Scalp cooling Given the size and type of breast tumor, I learned that I was recommended to receive the Taxol + Herceptin regime. Taxol is a chemotherapy drug that attacks all of the fast-growing cells in my body. While that is a good characterization of my cancer cells, it is also similar to many other... Continue Reading →
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