This past week was a really tough week. The taxotere, which she receives every third week, really made Allison's bones ache. She had gastrointestinal distress and general flulike symptoms (minus the fever) and was in a lot of pain. Her medical team is working on finding some fillers and buffers to add to the taxotere next time to help alleviate the worst of the symptoms.
Today's treatment included only herceptin, her weekly drug for this 12-week cycle and also all next year. The treatment went much easier today. As of today, she is 1/4 of the way through this second round.
Thanks to all who drive Allison (and the kids) places that they need to go. She really appreciates the company during her chemotherapy. The meals have been wonderful; I hope you are all finding the Care Calendar easy to use (http:\\www.carecalendar.org; login is 23871, security code is 8103). I will be adding dinner on November 24 to the calendar today, then dates after Thanksgiving week will be added later.
