Taxotere is Evil!

I was doing pretty well for the first two days. Even went for a walk to the bank and post office on Thursday. On Friday I was starting to feel kind of achy in my joints and bones (like when you have the flu) and my whole mouth felt like I scalded it with hot soup. By Saturday I was just completely worn out. I could hardly move. It took all my strength just to roll over or to sit up for a drink of water. On Sunday I got a fever and I was instructed to go to emergency if my temperature went to 38 as this can mean I have an infection. So somehow I mustered up the strength to get dressed and haul myself out to the car. The ER doctor had my blood tested and he thought my blood was okay. He did write me a prescription for antibiotics but wanted me to call my oncologist Monday morning before filling it. Dr A’s nurse had them fax my results to them and he said I definitely need to be on the antibiotics. Too bad I didn’t start them the day before because today (Wednesday) is the first time I have the energy to do more than sit up for 5 minutes. My mouth is so sore that I can’t eat much. What I do eat I can’t really taste and everything feels like chalk and hurts all the sores in there. I have the white coating on my tongue again. My face started to get flushed on Sunday and today it is still flaming red, hot to touch and raw. I have cold sores too! My neck and chest are red and itchy. After being constipated since the beginning of all this I am now going the other way. I don’t know which is worse. Not sure if I can do this two more times… I am really happy that I am well enough to be able to go and watch Roxanne’s convocation tomorrow.