found out what kind of chemo i will be doing

xskeetshooter
xskeetshooter Member Posts: 169
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
its DD AC - T chemothererapy. has anbody did this one.how was it. and then i have to do radation..will still leave 75% of it coming back.
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  • phoenixrising
    phoenixrising Member Posts: 1,508
    AC-T is pretty common in the
    AC-T is pretty common in the U.S. In Canada they give us FEC-T which is pretty much the same except with the 5FU added. Are you sure you will have a 75% chance of it recurring??
    I would think that your 75% is chance of it not recurring. Don't be scared. Each and everyone of us here has been through it and are standing on the other side. You will too.:)

    hugs
    jan
  • Kat11
    Kat11 Member Posts: 1,931 Member

    AC-T is pretty common in the
    AC-T is pretty common in the U.S. In Canada they give us FEC-T which is pretty much the same except with the 5FU added. Are you sure you will have a 75% chance of it recurring??
    I would think that your 75% is chance of it not recurring. Don't be scared. Each and everyone of us here has been through it and are standing on the other side. You will too.:)

    hugs
    jan

    I just finished AC chemo.
    I just finished AC chemo. You wrote AC-T I don't know what that means. If it's Taxol then I am going into that in 2 weeks for 12 treatments. With the Ac, I would start to feel sick about day 3 after treatment. Make sure you take all the meds for nausea. It was doable.
  • Alexis F
    Alexis F Member Posts: 3,598
    Hey Skeetshooter! I didn't
    Hey Skeetshooter! I didn't have chemo, but, wanted to say good luck to you. And, you must mean you have a 75 % chance of it NOT coming back, right?

    Lex♥
  • Kylez
    Kylez Member Posts: 3,761 Member
    Alexis F said:

    Hey Skeetshooter! I didn't
    Hey Skeetshooter! I didn't have chemo, but, wanted to say good luck to you. And, you must mean you have a 75 % chance of it NOT coming back, right?

    Lex♥

    Just want to wish you good
    Just want to wish you good luck on your chemo. Always try to eat something and drink lots of water.

    ♥ Kylez ♥
  • survivorbc09
    survivorbc09 Member Posts: 4,374 Member

    AC-T is pretty common in the
    AC-T is pretty common in the U.S. In Canada they give us FEC-T which is pretty much the same except with the 5FU added. Are you sure you will have a 75% chance of it recurring??
    I would think that your 75% is chance of it not recurring. Don't be scared. Each and everyone of us here has been through it and are standing on the other side. You will too.:)

    hugs
    jan

    Hi. I don't know anything
    Hi. I don't know anything about chemo, sorry. Just wanted to tell you how pretty that little girl is in your picture. Your daughter?

    Hugs!
  • DianeBC
    DianeBC Member Posts: 3,881 Member

    AC-T is pretty common in the
    AC-T is pretty common in the U.S. In Canada they give us FEC-T which is pretty much the same except with the 5FU added. Are you sure you will have a 75% chance of it recurring??
    I would think that your 75% is chance of it not recurring. Don't be scared. Each and everyone of us here has been through it and are standing on the other side. You will too.:)

    hugs
    jan

    Good luck to you!
    Hugs,

    Good luck to you!

    Hugs, Diane
  • xskeetshooter
    xskeetshooter Member Posts: 169

    AC-T is pretty common in the
    AC-T is pretty common in the U.S. In Canada they give us FEC-T which is pretty much the same except with the 5FU added. Are you sure you will have a 75% chance of it recurring??
    I would think that your 75% is chance of it not recurring. Don't be scared. Each and everyone of us here has been through it and are standing on the other side. You will too.:)

    hugs
    jan

    i live in canada
    thats what they said 75% of coming back. not good oods ah , thanks for the words
  • xskeetshooter
    xskeetshooter Member Posts: 169
    Alexis F said:

    Hey Skeetshooter! I didn't
    Hey Skeetshooter! I didn't have chemo, but, wanted to say good luck to you. And, you must mean you have a 75 % chance of it NOT coming back, right?

    Lex♥

    thats what the other lady said too
    my cancer do said i will still have 75% of it coming back, almost feel like its useless. to go thru all this
  • xskeetshooter
    xskeetshooter Member Posts: 169
    Kat11 said:

    I just finished AC chemo.
    I just finished AC chemo. You wrote AC-T I don't know what that means. If it's Taxol then I am going into that in 2 weeks for 12 treatments. With the Ac, I would start to feel sick about day 3 after treatment. Make sure you take all the meds for nausea. It was doable.

    ok
    i will thank you
  • Eil4186
    Eil4186 Member Posts: 949
    I had ACT--adriamycin,
    I had ACT--adriamycin, cytoxan, Taxol. I had a rough time with my 4 AC treatments--nausea, dizziness, fatigue, etc. They gave me a medicine in my i.v. that helped with sickness during the infusion and I was prescribed 4 anti-nausea meds that I had to rotate for 5 days and they did help a lot. I did not throw up as long as I ate only applesauce, bananas ad toast for the first 2-3 days. You should also drink a lot of water to help flush the chemicals from your system.

    My 4 Taxol treatments were much easier. I had mild bone pain and fatigue for about a week or two after each treatment.

    Chemo is different for everyone. They gave me a list of possible side-effects during my chemo class at the hospital and I only wound up having the most common ones but some people do experience others like mouth sores, diahrea, loss of nails, neuropathy etc....

    My hair fell out about 2-3 weeks after my first AC treatment.

    I hope I am not worrying you, but I know that I would have liked to have had someone to share their experience with me before my treatments.

    Chemo is not pleasant, but it was not as bad as I had worried it would be. It is very doable.
    Good luck and keep us updated. Eileen
  • xskeetshooter
    xskeetshooter Member Posts: 169

    Hi. I don't know anything
    Hi. I don't know anything about chemo, sorry. Just wanted to tell you how pretty that little girl is in your picture. Your daughter?

    Hugs!

    hugs back
    no my grandaughter she is 4
  • xskeetshooter
    xskeetshooter Member Posts: 169
    Eil4186 said:

    I had ACT--adriamycin,
    I had ACT--adriamycin, cytoxan, Taxol. I had a rough time with my 4 AC treatments--nausea, dizziness, fatigue, etc. They gave me a medicine in my i.v. that helped with sickness during the infusion and I was prescribed 4 anti-nausea meds that I had to rotate for 5 days and they did help a lot. I did not throw up as long as I ate only applesauce, bananas ad toast for the first 2-3 days. You should also drink a lot of water to help flush the chemicals from your system.

    My 4 Taxol treatments were much easier. I had mild bone pain and fatigue for about a week or two after each treatment.

    Chemo is different for everyone. They gave me a list of possible side-effects during my chemo class at the hospital and I only wound up having the most common ones but some people do experience others like mouth sores, diahrea, loss of nails, neuropathy etc....

    My hair fell out about 2-3 weeks after my first AC treatment.

    I hope I am not worrying you, but I know that I would have liked to have had someone to share their experience with me before my treatments.

    Chemo is not pleasant, but it was not as bad as I had worried it would be. It is very doable.
    Good luck and keep us updated. Eileen

    thanks hun
    no you didnt scare me, the unknown is what is scaring me, thanks for the info , god bless
  • xskeetshooter
    xskeetshooter Member Posts: 169
    Eil4186 said:

    I had ACT--adriamycin,
    I had ACT--adriamycin, cytoxan, Taxol. I had a rough time with my 4 AC treatments--nausea, dizziness, fatigue, etc. They gave me a medicine in my i.v. that helped with sickness during the infusion and I was prescribed 4 anti-nausea meds that I had to rotate for 5 days and they did help a lot. I did not throw up as long as I ate only applesauce, bananas ad toast for the first 2-3 days. You should also drink a lot of water to help flush the chemicals from your system.

    My 4 Taxol treatments were much easier. I had mild bone pain and fatigue for about a week or two after each treatment.

    Chemo is different for everyone. They gave me a list of possible side-effects during my chemo class at the hospital and I only wound up having the most common ones but some people do experience others like mouth sores, diahrea, loss of nails, neuropathy etc....

    My hair fell out about 2-3 weeks after my first AC treatment.

    I hope I am not worrying you, but I know that I would have liked to have had someone to share their experience with me before my treatments.

    Chemo is not pleasant, but it was not as bad as I had worried it would be. It is very doable.
    Good luck and keep us updated. Eileen

    thanks hun
    no you didnt scare me, the unknown is what is scaring me, thanks for the info , god bless
  • xskeetshooter
    xskeetshooter Member Posts: 169
    Eil4186 said:

    I had ACT--adriamycin,
    I had ACT--adriamycin, cytoxan, Taxol. I had a rough time with my 4 AC treatments--nausea, dizziness, fatigue, etc. They gave me a medicine in my i.v. that helped with sickness during the infusion and I was prescribed 4 anti-nausea meds that I had to rotate for 5 days and they did help a lot. I did not throw up as long as I ate only applesauce, bananas ad toast for the first 2-3 days. You should also drink a lot of water to help flush the chemicals from your system.

    My 4 Taxol treatments were much easier. I had mild bone pain and fatigue for about a week or two after each treatment.

    Chemo is different for everyone. They gave me a list of possible side-effects during my chemo class at the hospital and I only wound up having the most common ones but some people do experience others like mouth sores, diahrea, loss of nails, neuropathy etc....

    My hair fell out about 2-3 weeks after my first AC treatment.

    I hope I am not worrying you, but I know that I would have liked to have had someone to share their experience with me before my treatments.

    Chemo is not pleasant, but it was not as bad as I had worried it would be. It is very doable.
    Good luck and keep us updated. Eileen

    thanks hun
    no you didnt scare me, the unknown is what is scaring me, thanks for the info , god bless
  • xskeetshooter
    xskeetshooter Member Posts: 169
    Eil4186 said:

    I had ACT--adriamycin,
    I had ACT--adriamycin, cytoxan, Taxol. I had a rough time with my 4 AC treatments--nausea, dizziness, fatigue, etc. They gave me a medicine in my i.v. that helped with sickness during the infusion and I was prescribed 4 anti-nausea meds that I had to rotate for 5 days and they did help a lot. I did not throw up as long as I ate only applesauce, bananas ad toast for the first 2-3 days. You should also drink a lot of water to help flush the chemicals from your system.

    My 4 Taxol treatments were much easier. I had mild bone pain and fatigue for about a week or two after each treatment.

    Chemo is different for everyone. They gave me a list of possible side-effects during my chemo class at the hospital and I only wound up having the most common ones but some people do experience others like mouth sores, diahrea, loss of nails, neuropathy etc....

    My hair fell out about 2-3 weeks after my first AC treatment.

    I hope I am not worrying you, but I know that I would have liked to have had someone to share their experience with me before my treatments.

    Chemo is not pleasant, but it was not as bad as I had worried it would be. It is very doable.
    Good luck and keep us updated. Eileen

    thanks hun
    no you didnt scare me, the unknown is what is scaring me, thanks for the info , god bless
  • xskeetshooter
    xskeetshooter Member Posts: 169
    Eil4186 said:

    I had ACT--adriamycin,
    I had ACT--adriamycin, cytoxan, Taxol. I had a rough time with my 4 AC treatments--nausea, dizziness, fatigue, etc. They gave me a medicine in my i.v. that helped with sickness during the infusion and I was prescribed 4 anti-nausea meds that I had to rotate for 5 days and they did help a lot. I did not throw up as long as I ate only applesauce, bananas ad toast for the first 2-3 days. You should also drink a lot of water to help flush the chemicals from your system.

    My 4 Taxol treatments were much easier. I had mild bone pain and fatigue for about a week or two after each treatment.

    Chemo is different for everyone. They gave me a list of possible side-effects during my chemo class at the hospital and I only wound up having the most common ones but some people do experience others like mouth sores, diahrea, loss of nails, neuropathy etc....

    My hair fell out about 2-3 weeks after my first AC treatment.

    I hope I am not worrying you, but I know that I would have liked to have had someone to share their experience with me before my treatments.

    Chemo is not pleasant, but it was not as bad as I had worried it would be. It is very doable.
    Good luck and keep us updated. Eileen

    thanks hun
    no you didnt scare me, the unknown is what is scaring me, thanks for the info , god bless
  • xskeetshooter
    xskeetshooter Member Posts: 169
    Eil4186 said:

    I had ACT--adriamycin,
    I had ACT--adriamycin, cytoxan, Taxol. I had a rough time with my 4 AC treatments--nausea, dizziness, fatigue, etc. They gave me a medicine in my i.v. that helped with sickness during the infusion and I was prescribed 4 anti-nausea meds that I had to rotate for 5 days and they did help a lot. I did not throw up as long as I ate only applesauce, bananas ad toast for the first 2-3 days. You should also drink a lot of water to help flush the chemicals from your system.

    My 4 Taxol treatments were much easier. I had mild bone pain and fatigue for about a week or two after each treatment.

    Chemo is different for everyone. They gave me a list of possible side-effects during my chemo class at the hospital and I only wound up having the most common ones but some people do experience others like mouth sores, diahrea, loss of nails, neuropathy etc....

    My hair fell out about 2-3 weeks after my first AC treatment.

    I hope I am not worrying you, but I know that I would have liked to have had someone to share their experience with me before my treatments.

    Chemo is not pleasant, but it was not as bad as I had worried it would be. It is very doable.
    Good luck and keep us updated. Eileen

    thanks hun
    no you didnt scare me, the unknown is what is scaring me, thanks for the info , god bless
  • xskeetshooter
    xskeetshooter Member Posts: 169
    Eil4186 said:

    I had ACT--adriamycin,
    I had ACT--adriamycin, cytoxan, Taxol. I had a rough time with my 4 AC treatments--nausea, dizziness, fatigue, etc. They gave me a medicine in my i.v. that helped with sickness during the infusion and I was prescribed 4 anti-nausea meds that I had to rotate for 5 days and they did help a lot. I did not throw up as long as I ate only applesauce, bananas ad toast for the first 2-3 days. You should also drink a lot of water to help flush the chemicals from your system.

    My 4 Taxol treatments were much easier. I had mild bone pain and fatigue for about a week or two after each treatment.

    Chemo is different for everyone. They gave me a list of possible side-effects during my chemo class at the hospital and I only wound up having the most common ones but some people do experience others like mouth sores, diahrea, loss of nails, neuropathy etc....

    My hair fell out about 2-3 weeks after my first AC treatment.

    I hope I am not worrying you, but I know that I would have liked to have had someone to share their experience with me before my treatments.

    Chemo is not pleasant, but it was not as bad as I had worried it would be. It is very doable.
    Good luck and keep us updated. Eileen

    thanks hun
    no you didnt scare me, the unknown is what is scaring me, thanks for the info , god bless
  • xskeetshooter
    xskeetshooter Member Posts: 169
    Eil4186 said:

    I had ACT--adriamycin,
    I had ACT--adriamycin, cytoxan, Taxol. I had a rough time with my 4 AC treatments--nausea, dizziness, fatigue, etc. They gave me a medicine in my i.v. that helped with sickness during the infusion and I was prescribed 4 anti-nausea meds that I had to rotate for 5 days and they did help a lot. I did not throw up as long as I ate only applesauce, bananas ad toast for the first 2-3 days. You should also drink a lot of water to help flush the chemicals from your system.

    My 4 Taxol treatments were much easier. I had mild bone pain and fatigue for about a week or two after each treatment.

    Chemo is different for everyone. They gave me a list of possible side-effects during my chemo class at the hospital and I only wound up having the most common ones but some people do experience others like mouth sores, diahrea, loss of nails, neuropathy etc....

    My hair fell out about 2-3 weeks after my first AC treatment.

    I hope I am not worrying you, but I know that I would have liked to have had someone to share their experience with me before my treatments.

    Chemo is not pleasant, but it was not as bad as I had worried it would be. It is very doable.
    Good luck and keep us updated. Eileen

    thanks hun
    no you didnt scare me, the unknown is what is scaring me, thanks for the info , god bless
  • xskeetshooter
    xskeetshooter Member Posts: 169
    Eil4186 said:

    I had ACT--adriamycin,
    I had ACT--adriamycin, cytoxan, Taxol. I had a rough time with my 4 AC treatments--nausea, dizziness, fatigue, etc. They gave me a medicine in my i.v. that helped with sickness during the infusion and I was prescribed 4 anti-nausea meds that I had to rotate for 5 days and they did help a lot. I did not throw up as long as I ate only applesauce, bananas ad toast for the first 2-3 days. You should also drink a lot of water to help flush the chemicals from your system.

    My 4 Taxol treatments were much easier. I had mild bone pain and fatigue for about a week or two after each treatment.

    Chemo is different for everyone. They gave me a list of possible side-effects during my chemo class at the hospital and I only wound up having the most common ones but some people do experience others like mouth sores, diahrea, loss of nails, neuropathy etc....

    My hair fell out about 2-3 weeks after my first AC treatment.

    I hope I am not worrying you, but I know that I would have liked to have had someone to share their experience with me before my treatments.

    Chemo is not pleasant, but it was not as bad as I had worried it would be. It is very doable.
    Good luck and keep us updated. Eileen

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    omg dont know why that came on so much sorry hun god bless