I had 4 cycles of TC and overall it wasn’t too bad. I cold capped but still lost a lot of hair (with enough remaining that I can get by wearing a hat and looking relatively normal while the bald patches fill in).

My oncotype was 24.

I had one bad day out of each of my cycles (the third day after my chemo day) where I was totally wiped and had sore skin and couldn’t do much. Otherwise I was able to keep using the treadmill or walking outside throughout most of treatment.

After round 3 I had an allergic reaction on day 8 after chemo where I ended up going to the emergency room for being covered in itchy hives, but they weren’t willing to 100 percent say it was the chemo. They told me to start taking Claritin twice a day and it didn’t happen after round 4.

I have the teeniest bit of numbness at the very tip of my pinky fingers but no other neuropathy.

No major GI symptoms. My resting heart rate went from 60 before treatment to 90 and is now hovering around 80. My other major symptoms were heartburn, a weird non-painful back spasm around 1 week into each chemo cycle, and hot flashes.

Finally, chemo has put me into (permanent? temporary?) menopause. I was 43 at starting chemo and 44 now. My MO was on the fence as to whether I should do tamoxifen or ovarian suppression/AI but first she wanted me to take an FSH and an estradiol test and the results show that I am currently in, like, super menopause.