First oral chemo yesterday..

Okay ladies...I'm officially on oral chemo for my recurrence of TNBC......A clinical trial that is in phase II ... went to my cancer center yesterday to receive my first dose of 5 capsules..Oh they were the prettiest color....chocolate brown! Interesting how they do this...I took a Zofran then had to wait 30 minutes... then after 4 people checked the drug, they handed me a glass of water and dispensed the capsules..can't touch them, they were in a prescription bottle..swallowed 2 then chugged the remaining 3.... They have to have two people witness my taking them...Then I was on my way!

So far so good! This drug is called Tesetaxel...It is for recurrence of bc and two other types...this is in conjunction with Sloan Kettering...this is NOT a blind study as some one asked...I am receiving the drug...my oncologist says this is one of the best, new drugs since sliced bread! We shall see...the expected side effects are supposed to be so much less than with IV chemo....They're not even reporting hair loss, perhaps just thinning..even though I never experienced any nausea with the IV chemo this is supposedly even less likely to cause it...no steroids required and no Neulasta unless my counts really drop which is unexpected....I underwent, I think, every test in the book to qualify...

Now....let's pray it works! I'm hoping this can help those down the road who will and are facing this nightmare....
I'll keep you all posted....and again, thank you all for your continued love, care and prayers....you mean the world to me!

Hugs, Nancy