| many of us, isn't the show-stopper we thought it | | | | an online breast cancer support group, at WebMD, |
| would be. Of course, each of us is different and the | | | | and those women told me everything to expect and |
| chemo drugs affect each of us in different ways, | | | | more. I went through four rounds of adriamycin and |
| but, for the most part, chemo is definitely doable. | | | | cytoxan. Both of them are some pretty stout breast |
| My breast cancer was Stage IIIa, with a 5.8 cm | | | | cancer chemo drugs. After that, I did a controversial |
| tumor, 8 of 10 lymph nodes positive, and I was only | | | | treatment that involved extremely high doses of |
| 39 years old. That bought me a ticket for the chemo | | | | cytoxan, taxol, and cisplatin, so I learned quite a bit |
| ride. And I was scared out of my wits. But, I found | | | | about surviving chemotherapy. |