My Chemo Plan

Now that all the surgery and preliminary tests have been done, a chemo regimen is now in place.  *sigh* 

First of all, I still had a little drainage this morning, so the surgeon extracted it.  He insists that I wait another week before beginning chemo.

My visit with Dr. Tauer went well.  He explained the pathology report again and prescribed 8 rounds of aggressive chemotherapy (every two weeks).  I don't remember the medication names (sounded a bit Greek to me), but when I find out, I may post it here.  Anyway, I'll be on two different medications the first 4 rounds, then a 3rd medication the final four rounds.  They will cause loss of hair and fatigue, but nausea should be controlled.  Anti-nausea meds will be given before each treatment, plus I'll come in for a shot the day following each treatment to keep my white blood count up.  The Herceptin treatments will begin with the final four treatments and another year thereafter. I will have my treatments on Thursdays, beginning June 3rd.

Also, I had a CT scan to see if there were any additional "spots" visible then re-visited with the doctor.  Dr. Tauer came in the room and proudly announced that my scan was "perfect"!  :-)