A week after the sixth and final Taxotere infusion, things are finally back to normal today. I feel well. Energy is good. Bad taste is gone. Appetite is good. I even worked out yesterday. However, hands down, last week was the hardest chemo week of them all. On Thursday and Friday, I felt like I had the full-blown flu: major fatigue, body aches, stomach was tender to the touch, heartburn, some minor nausea, etc. But, I started to pull out of it on Saturday afternoon and felt well enough to attend, albeit gingerly and with a lot of sitting, a Saturday evening party. Today, I downed my last Prednisone tab (half dosage since last Tuesday) .. great to be done with that stuff.
By the way, I have put my order in for hair regrowth: thick, dark, wavy hair with no bald spot. We'll see ...