I finished my sixth and final infusion of docetaxel a few weeks ago. I’m on Lupron and Nubeqa as well. Similar to one of the posts above, the first couple days after each infusion were fine based on the steroids. Then I struggled for nine or 10 days after that, but I also had five days of immune boosting injections after each round because my insurance wouldn’t pay for the preferred alternative. I believe this put additional stress and fatigue on my body. Then I would feel good until the next infusion.

I lost about 85% of my hair, had the fatigue, sometimes a mild sore throat and/or a mild skin rash on my forearms and back of hands, and my eyes started watering after the fifth and six cycles.

But overall, it wasn’t too bad. I exercised most days, ate healthy between cycles giving my body more food and protein to heal. I traveled for the last week of each infusion cycle. I didn’t take any of the 2 vomiting/nausea prescriptions that I was given, nor did I need the prescription mouthwash for mouth sores. I water fasted for 3 1/2 days or did a fasting mimicking diet for five days before, during and the day after each cycle. There’s research on this on the Internet. I believe it helped to minimize my side effects.