EC vs Docetaxel chemo

Hi I'm in similar position,  just had third ec and docetaxel up next. Oncologist said this was worse than ec but he also said he tried the cold cap and could only manage 8 mins so that suggests were stronger than we think!!! Mixed reviews on here, I'm talking anti sickness and paracetamol regularly, don't intend to wait for pain or sickness. I'm doing injection at night so back pain doesn't hit till morning, found that really helped me sleep a bit better. However the steroids really affect my sleep pattern. 

I'm dreading the next three but were half way there!! stay strong xxx

Yes a nurse said a similar thing to me - that she tried the cold cap and only managed 10 mins! Have you had much hair loss? Sorry to hear your sleep pattern is messed up. I’m doing Zoladex injections for fertility preservation and I think that affects my sleep more than anything. But it’s hard to say! Do you suffer from nausea at all on EC or have the anti sickness tablets kept it at bay? 
when is your first docetaxel session? 

I found Docetaxel easier than EC, certainly different and you should  not get any sickness, you are half way through, keep going, you can do this, well done.  Love ANn

As a very generalised rule, it seems that people who find EC tough get on better with docetaxel and vice versa. Docetaxel is certainly different and as others have said, you shouldn't feel so sick on it

I don't think having covid during chemotherapy would have been pleasant at all and that may have been the worst thing of all. Poor you, what a terrible time you've had.

There have been a few threads on docetaxel and EC recently so worth a search - I've commented a few times on what symptoms I had with both.

I wonder if your headache/migraine could be caused by cold capping? I was told that was a risk and as I am headache/migraine prone then I chose not to cold cap. Of course, it could also be covid or the EC.

Chemotherapy is poison, it is killing your good cells as well as the cancer and that's what gives you the best long-term outcomes. Whenever I was feeling particularly bad, my mother would say 'if you're feeling this bad, the cancer will be feeling worse'.

Stick in there, you will get through it and start recovering.

First docetaxel is 13th December.  Yes the nausea has been constant for the first week or so then seems to disappear. I take the anti sickness breakfast lunch and tea time. The five day tablet given on chemo day certainly didn't last five days for me. Hair has been shedding but I think only I notice, don't think anyone else would. It's worse when washed as so dry and knotty. Xxx