I apologize for not getting back to you. It seemed that each week was about the same, but side effects were longer, but never extreme. Mostly, I would have low energy. I always got a headache, but excedrine wiped it out and it didn't come back.
The fourthweek, I became dizzy and stayed that way for a few days. It was a weekend and I couldn't get any information from my doctor or nurse. We have MyChart, but my queries weren't addressed, so I still don't know if that was a side effect or just something else.
Emotionally, I was fine until week 5, which was so close to the end that I could see it, but yet I still had one more to go! For me, the tiredness as a side effect was worse than the treatment itself, because I had struggled for energy when I had the cancer but didn't know that I did. It was a long battle for energy that I didn't win. I am finally, after the six weeks are done, beginning to get more energy back to do the things I've been putting off and begin to catch up. I still don't feel totally back to normal, but it will come.
During the treatments, I was lucky to not experience much pain from the chemo itself. I did experience pain from the catheter though, and I just posted about the general discomfort of being stuck atop an exam table for 90 minutes. After the gemcitibine was withdrawn and docetaxel was installed, I was able to leave and go home, so I was able to finish out the second installation in comfort. All in all, I feel fortunate that I had no really bad reaction to the chemo itself, just to the physical discomfort from the logistics of it all. My follow-up appointment is in two weeks.