Anncredible: Over the Hump Anncredible I am a single mother, Jack of all trades, Stage IV cancer survivor, inventor, chef, and natural health advocate. Pages Home Connecting Healthy Dots Blog Monday, January 6, 2014 Over the Hump Only one chemo treatment left!! I'm now ten days past my third round of Taxotere, and I wanted to give an update on side effects and general health. I try to keep a list of things that happen as the days go by, so I can remember later and discuss with the doctor if needed. Here's my list for this round: Round #3 Taxotere Dec 27 Fasted for 36 hours before and 24 hours after Day 1: hiccups- I don't know why, but I get the hiccups with every chemo heartburn- oh my, the heartburn swishy brain- my brain is sloshing around inside my head, and my eyes take a while to catch up sensitive mouth- like acid on my gums Day 4: heartburn dizziness sensitive mouth by evening had intense muscle and bone pain tension headache sore throat Day 5 (the day I posted about the New Year): extreme muscle and bone pain- I could hardly move weak, no energy dizzy extreme heartburn- all the way into my ears Day 6: throwing up all night- I spent the night on the floor of the bathroom shaking and throwing up freezing cold- body temp 97.0 weak skin hurts to touch coughing runny nose major stomach issues And I have to say this, there were moments this day that I have never experienced in my life. And I actually wondered at the time if I was dying. I kept saying to myself, "Is this what dying feels like?", and I have to admit I was panicking a little. Day 8: awoke at 4am with fever of 101.5- call the dr about 4:30am, and he explained that Taxotere is a beast and this is all normal. He called in antibiotics to the 24hr pharmacy severe chills joint pain- I couldn't be still for more than 30 seconds without excruciating pain hand numbness skin so painful Day 9: joint pain hole in stomach feeling- doubled me over and took my breath a few times kidney pain skin sensitivity and pain dry skin- feels like it's going to split open tooth pain- in all of them! deep chest cough Day 10 (today): down 8lbs- but..... fever gone more energy walked .66 miles on treadmill joint pain gone- I think the walking helped with that Although this chemo has been SO hard on me, and I don't know how I'll make it through another round, I think the fasting has helped tremendously. If I had not fasted, I would have had neuropathy in my hands and feet from day 1, and I would have had mouth bleeding the entire time. I didn't have any of that, so I know it helped. I can't even imagine how bad this round would have been had I NOT fasted. But I'm over the hump! I'm starting to feel a little better. All I have to do now is stay hydrated and wait for my blood counts to come back up. Can I make it one more round??!! I'm really scared, but I'm going to fight like hell! Posted by Anncredible at 7:30 PM Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest 1 comment: Unknown January 8, 2014 at 8:08 AM Ann you WILL make it. You are too tough and too precious and too beautiful not to make it. ReplyDelete Replies Reply Add comment Load more... Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) May 2018 October 2013 April 2015 . October 2015 . October 2013 Featured Post Do Root Canals Cause Breast Cancer? 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