hi. ive just found this forum after having my head firmly in the sand. diagnosed early february with TNBC ive had 12 weeks of chemo paclaxxl which has been bearable . now i start 4 cycles of EC next week before surgery. i feel like im starting again, and very worried about what side affects my now pop up! .
Hi Cherlyr I had 4 cycles of EC and 12 weeks of paclitaxel in 2022 for tnbc. The benefit of the 3 week long cycles of EC is that you get time in each cycle when you feel reasonably normal. It did cause tiredness and achiness in the early part of each cycle. I had some bouts of diarrhoea but never felt sick. I lost my hair. It also changed how things tasted for the first few days of each cycle. Because it hits white blood cells hard, you will probably be asked to self inject filgrastim for a few days each cycle to stimulate white blood cell growth. That gave me a lot of bone pain, particularly on the first day or two. Otherwise quite doable and I really appreciated those good days each cycle, in contrast to the treadmill nature of weekly paclitaxel.
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