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I don't know what I did but I seem to have about her account some how. 4myfriends is mine too.

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Hey, what chemo is it? Good luck to you! I have to choose between fulvestrant and xeloda Tuesday. Leaning towards xeloda.

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Jerseygirl45 in reply toSnowcone16

She is doing Taxol and I will take compazine the day before so I don't get nauseous. Everything makes me nauseous.

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LisaT23 in reply toJerseygirl45

Hi,

Best wishes. I was not able to take taxol years ago (allergic) and was given taxotere instead. Dr said it was the synthetic for taxol. I had already done adromycin and cytoxin before starting the taxotere every 3 weeks. The taxotere was much easier.

Ask your dr about emend for the nausea it works great. I used it with all my chemo and never got nauseous, and I have a very sensitive stomach. I even ask for an emend before any surgery now.

Lisa

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Jerseygirl45 in reply toLisaT23

I think there are different forms of the Taxol, I guess they all do the same thing. She gave me Dexamethasone, I am to take 5 the night before treatment. It is a steroid and will help with nausea. Also gave me compazine for every 6 hours. I get nauseous very easy.

Did you go into remission after the chemo? That is what I am hoping for.i never heard of emend will check into it.

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LisaT23 in reply toJerseygirl45

Hi,

I did those chemo treatments with the initial Dx in 2003. Then no signs of BC until 2016 when it showed up in bone and lymph nodes. The amend is great only took 3 pills each cycle. 1 an hour before and then one a day for 2 days no nausea at all with it. I even ask for it now before anytime they need to put me under, otherwise I wake up nauseous. Some Drs wait to see if you really need it, but mine said he does it from the start.

I took arimidex again for 2 years in 2016, but am now on faslodex and xgeva since January and ibrance since April. Last scan showed "partial response" and will have another PET scan in January.

Lisa

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Jerseygirl45 in reply toLisaT23

So the chemo worked for a long time? That is what I hope for, no progression.

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LisaT23 in reply toJerseygirl45

Hi,

Hopefully it will work for a long time.

Best wishes.

Lisa

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Sandig1948

Good luck from UK Jersey girl.

Everything crossed your nausea either doesn’t happen or your meds help you tolerate the treatment well.

Gigi

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Jerseygirl45 in reply toSandig1948

Thank you GiGi just hope the treatments put me Ned for awhile.

And there’s no good fix either. Will eventually cancel one.

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