Taxol Chemotherapy

Dear Friends,

I just want to send a quick update regarding my last chemo treatment.

Last Thursday, July 31, was my first Taxol treatment and it went well. Before they administer the Taxol they pre-treat you with Benadryl and Steroids. I was reading a book, as the nurse was getting ready to administer the Benadryl. She told me to “Read Fast” because the Benadryl makes you sleepy, yep, I slept through much of the treatment and the afternoon after returning home. I also received the Avastan/placebo treatment, we don’t know yet which one I am getting.

So, the treatment went well, and I am confident that I will be able to make it through the weekly treatments. However, a side effect may be that I will turn into ‘Sleeping Beauty’. The continued chemotherapy treatments leave my hemoglobin count low and thus leave me easily tired. I hope that the sleep will be a ‘beauty treatment’!

Thanks once again for your love and support!

Love,
Lynn