Good Sunday evening to you, friends. Well, what's left of it anyway. In about 30 minutes it will be Monday. That means I get to make the trip to "town" to have my second heart echo done. The first one was completed just prior to the start of treatment. It has been 3 months already, do you believe that????? I started treatment on May 15. How time flies when you're having fun.
So the first echo was done to check my heart pre-treatment. Now they're checking to see how it's holding up. Chemo drugs can do a number on it so they check every 3 months to make sure everything is working as it should. The damage done, if there is any, will reverse once treatment ends...that's what I hear, anyway. So if you get a chance, say a little prayer for a strong heart and no treatment delays.
I've been threatening to post information on my chemo drugs for a while now but have never gotten around to it. Since we're talking side effects of said drugs, I thought I would just post them here. I am posting links in the order in which the meds were received. A/C was round 1 and that includes Adriamycin aka The Red Devil (Doxorubicin) and Cytoxan (Cyclophosphamide). Round 2 consists of Taxol and Herceptin. Note that Herceptin isn't considered chemotherapy and has few side effects. Once chemotherapy ends, I will continue to receive Herceptin infusions every 3 weeks until I have completed 1 year. Good times! Feel free to follow the links below and see how much fun chemotherapy can be.
Goodnight and love to all,
Andee