The AC chemo was pretty much unremarkable. The symptoms I had were very mild, and nothing worse than having a mild flu for a day, usually the Sunday after treatment.
My chemo should have been tomorrow, but it got moved to today last minute because of the long weekend. I’m spending 7 hours here today, so I figure I have time to provide an update.
This time around, I am getting Herceptin (trastuzumab) along with Taxol (Paclitaxel) every other week. The major difference is that instead of 90 minutes, it takes more like 7 hours and I don’t need to take any medication beforehand.
The first medication that was administered was Herceptin, then the nurse watched me for reactions for about an hour. Then the chemo nurse administered Dexamethasone, Benadryl, and Famotidineto counteract any allergic reactions, etc. I felt very little, but I had a slight headache from the Herceptin and ended up feeling nauseous. Now, I just feel like sleeping because of the Benadryl. So yeah. Not very exciting!