From my last post on my new treatment that landed me in the hospital with excruciating pain and infection, after 3 weeks my legs are still very sore and keep me up most of the night. It was a bitch of a treatment.
When I finally got to see my oncologist today he was well aware of the hospital stay and all the side effects. He said that I was one of the rare ones with the extreme pain and infection. I was very honest with him and told him it was more than I was able to handle. My body aches so much that I could not imagine what the next 2 treatments would be like.
Dr. B offered me an alternative, to switch my treatment from Docetaxel to Taxol. The only thing is that with Docetaxel I would have 2 left and I would be done with chemo, with Taxol I will have to do 9 treatments, one per week. My concern was effectiveness and Dr. B assured me that it is as effective, with no pain, no $3000 Neulasta injection which causes even more muscle pain, and that in the end the result is the same, to destroy the cancer cells. My husband and I went back and forth on my options and my decision was to opt for the 9 treatments. So in the end instead of finishing my chemo on July 6, 2016 I will complete it on August 16, 2016.
As happy as I was to know that I would soon be done with the chemo poison, the thought of having to go through the pain again was terrifying, and it also has a big impact on my family. When I see my daughter come home from school and the first place she looks is my bedroom because I am dead to the world, is not something I can swallow very easily. No child or spouse should ever have to see their parent that way.
So with a smile on my face I will endure the next 9 weeks of chemo and I will continue to fight.
Franca
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You can do it, good luck👏👍👍🌹😘👌
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