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Thank you for sharing your experience with me.
If you don't mind me asking...why is it called "Red Devil"?
I had all three chemo drugs you listed. Red Devil is nicknamed that as it is blood red, and your urine after each treatment will be red for a day or two. It is also so toxic that there is a maximum lifetime dosage. You'll probably be told to hydrate well to flush it from your system asap. I always took a large water bottle with me to drink during treatments and drank a minimum of 10 glasses of water per day Ask your infusion nurses what to expect and what you need to do or take to prevent or alleviate side effects. I had anti-nausea meds that worked great. I had a lumpectomy, chemo (16 infusions) and radiation. I was stage three and had lymph node involvement. I'm 3 years out and currently taking Letrozole to prevent it returning.
Thank you for sharing!
From my experience, these choices are based on your diagnosis. For me, I was only to get the "Red Devil" every 3 weeks. But, I had my genetic test back, which gave me two others. I had Brca2 and received Carboplatin and Taxol. I got the Adriamycin (Red devil), only one dose following my 12 weeks of the other two. I had a blood reaction called Pancytopenia and did not get the final 3.
I had DCIS, Stage 2 with Brca2. At Surgery time it was noted no lymph node involvement in the 3 sentinels.
It seems your 3 might be the protocol for the lymph node involvement.
You will get more responses, but this is mine.
Keep us posted.