Chemo is broken down into 2 parts. I call it the intense round and the rough round. The intense round is half way done! Yeah....I only have 2 more to go. July 2 and then one more. It is a double whammy. Two chemo treatments in one, followed the next day by the white cell count booster shot. Now before you say, "Oh....poor CeCe" ..... I chose this route. I could have done an easier route and dragged it out 4 or 6 more weeks and no booster but this was faster and more aggressive. We all know how patient I am. (Not) And I am like a bulldozer when I want something done, hence, the fast method. But it is a kick butt treatment in theory. Tumor is already shrinking. And my white blood cell count is stellar.
The second half of this is Taxol. Now Taxol is a "lighter" chemo. (I find the word "light" kind of funny) But it's side effects are different. So I am not sure how I will react to this. It is shorter (takes 1 1/2 hours to take versus the 3 1/2 hours that my rounds take now). But I could lose my toenails, eyelashes (I think I am already losing this!), eyebrows and still feel like crap. This is for 12 rounds. Sounds fun, huh? Strange thing is I am looking forward to meeting Mr. Taxol. Just because I hear the fatigue is lighter. We will see.
This is just the chemo portion. I haven't even tackled the surgery or radiation....can't go there yet. Mostly because until we see how chemo shrinks the tumor, I don't know what kind of surgery I will have.
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