I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma PR positive, ER positive and HER2 positive back in Dec, it was decided to give chemo upfront, with 4 cycles of EC followed by 4 cycles of Docetaxel in combination with Phesgo, now having completed 3 cycles of EC, whilst it’s been hard, I think I’ve faired quite well but as I approach the final of EC and move onto the next, I like to know how others have found Docetaxel in combination with Phesgo, I would like know we are all different but was harsher or not than EC.
I’ve heard that some started to see hair growth return after EC, although have been cold capping, so far I have retained a lot of my hair, but would love to hear your thoughts.
Thank You
Hi, whilst on a different chemo regime to you, I had 6 cycles of a 4 drug combination which included Doxetaxol and Herceptin and then I moved to 12 further phesgo injections.
The phesgo on its own had zero side effects for me. The chemo was tough going, especially around day 4-5 each cycle, but in saying that, I managed to work throughout my treatment.
best wishes
Hiya, I was diagnosed in April 2021 with triple positive, I had simple mastectomy first then a couple of months later node clearance ( 1 out of 14 affected)
I had 6 rounds of chemo, 3 EC , felt absolutely fine but my hair started to fall within a couple of weeks, daughter shaved my head, wig which was great, synthetic but very natural looking, then 3 Docetaxel, then 15 rounds of radiotherapy. I started the EC in the September of 2021 and Docetaxol in the January 2022 plus started phesgo x 18 , combination of docetaxel then probably more the phesgo gave me upset tum for a year 
but as soon as I’d finished I was fine. My hair was fuzzy by the following Christmas and now I have a shoulder length long bob, thicker and better than before !
