We had a much anticipated appointment with the oncologist this afternoon. Was a pretty long one actually and a lot of information was passed along-so will pass it along to anyone who is interested as well. There is a pretty long road ahead-but its good to be getting going with this part of the recovery.
Janis is getting the chemo cocktail of TCH The T stands for Taxotere, the C for Carboplatin and the H for Herceptin. Its interesting how the drugs are administered and the time for each. T takes 1 hour, C takes 20 min and H takes 90 mins the first time. Each have their various possible reactions.
Janis will start receiving her chemo Dec 7th. The initial treatment is expected to take around 3 hours starting around 8:30am. The Dec 7th treatment will be the first of 6 of these treatments spaced 3 weeks apart. The H treatment will continue for a years' time.
If you are interested in some much more detailed chemo info, check this site out:
http://www.chemocare.com/ You can bet we will be spending a bit more time here at this site and other resources getting smarted on this stuff.
Some interesting facts: Taxotere is a plant alkoloid, Carboplatin is made from a metal.
Janis will be taking a treatment to build her white blood cells (neulasta) at this time too. This is a one-time treatment (she won't have to come back each day to get a booster).
The TC treatment will make Janis lose her hair in approximate 2.5 weeks after first treatment. Nausea is also a possible affect...severity should depend on a lot of factors.
Good to know; The BRAC analysis came back and Janis does _NOT_ have any genetic mutations detected...
Will add more info later if I find that I left something out.
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