Starting Over

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One more time with feeling. 1 down, 3 to go.

The new drug, Taxotere, doesn't have a nickname like Cytoxan did (The Red Devil), but it seems as potentially nasty. The list of side effects, some which could occur during the injection, along with the blood pressure monitoring was a bit intimidating. But everything went fine. No sensitivity reaction during treatment which is a plus.

In ways, it is like starting over again as we have just the barest idea of what to expect. Some things stay the same, steroids for three days, shot tomorrow morning, bloodwork and maybe a shot next Monday. A number of the side effects are similar (fatigue, immune suppression, anemia, hair loss, nausea) but a few are new (sensitivity, neuropathy, rash, fingernail changes). As far as the actuals of what to expect we get to sort it out on the fly. Just when we thought we had this down.

Three more and this phase is over. That's what we're trying to hold in our minds. We'll see how it goes.

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