Treatment

Some of you have asked what exactly my treatments are, so here is the breakdown:

Week 1 - I get 4 different drugs through my port.  First they give me an anti-nausea medication called Zofran and a steroid called Dexamethasone.  Then a drug called Taxotere, next is Cytoxan and one called Herceptin and last is Perjeta.  In all in takes about 4 hours.

Then the next day I go back and get a shot called Neulasta.

Week 2 - This treatment is just one drug through my port again, this one is called Herceptin.  This round only takes about an hour.

Week 3 - Same as week 2.

Then is starts all over again.

There is also all the medications to help with the side effects...

But they have side effects too.

I also go in the Thursday before week 1 and have my blood draw.  They check the numbers and make sure I am well enough to have the big round of chemo.  I also meet with my oncologist.

I remember doing a lot of research on all of these drugs and honestly the side effects scared me so much that I didn't want to learn any more.  I hope they do what they are supposed to and don't cause too many long term side effects.

After 3 rounds, I will have another MRI and Muga Scan, which they will compare to the ones I had before I started chemo.

After 6 rounds, I will have surgery, most likely a mastectomy, possibly a double mastectomy. 

Then I will have a year of Herceptin, every 3 weeks.

THEN  I WILL BE DONE WITH THIS, NEVER TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT AGAIN!!!!!!!