Today was the continuation of chemotherapy with just the Herceptin. The Taxotere and Carboplatin are done. Every 3 weeks til October, I'll get one and a half hour infusions of Herceptin. The good part is that I won't have to get weekly blood draws for CBC levels.
A few days ago, the tearing eyes were really getting to me. And I made the search on Google for Taxotere and blocked tear ducts. Boom! Search results yielded a message board for ovarian cancer where discussion participants were receiving the same drugs I was getting, and experiencing the same "crying eyes" syndrome to the same extent as I was. I can't tell you how good it was to read that my experience was not unique. Not common, certainly, but not unique. An opthalmologist can unblock the ducts with stents. This problem is called dacryostenosis.
I did discuss this with my oncologist, who reiterated (probably for the tenth time) that the weepy eye problem would subside after another 2-3 months all by itself. 2-3 months more? Holy crap!!! It's already been 3 months... But she did say that if I wanted to, I could see an opthalmologist and see if there is a problem that should be addressed now. My first call tomorrow will be to my PCP to get a referral to an opthalmologist. Maybe the end of the wet face is in sight!
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