Breast Cancer Treatment Plan and Start of Chemo

August 2008:  Okay, moved to Florida and getting settled in.  Saw my new oncologist and the plan is a 3-drug program:  start with two, A & C – Adriamycin & cytocin – four treatments every 2 weeks.  Followed by Taxol, weekly, for three months.  Total of 6 months of chemotherapy. I had a port surgically [...]

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Chemotherapy and Weight gain

I always thought – thanks to TV and movies – that people going through chemotherapy lose weight.  Well, when I started to gain weight after starting chemo I asked my doctor why and she explained that with most cancers, yes, patients lose weight, but not with breast cancer.  Great!  I was finally starting to lose [...]

Tags: 08. Chemotherapy & Weight Gain by Lily Rose
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