I had AC “light” 4 weeks: Loss of appetite, no nausea—just didn’t feel like eating at all. Hair loss and anemia were the other side effects. Felt bad for several days following infusion, and then ok, except for not wanting to eat. With each round, the “down time lasted longer”, until the end when there was no really no “break”. I know some people get 6 infusions, imagine that this pattern would continue, with feeling lousy continuously.

In 3 weeks my chemo cocktail will switch from taxol/ herceptin & perjeta to AC. I have been able to control nausea during the past 8 weeks with Koolchewz- cannabis gummies. Does anyone have experience using the medical cannabis for controlling side effects from AC. Koolchewz eliminated the nausea and allowed me to sleep through the night while only needing to take 1/3 of a ribbon twice a day. It was a miracle.

AC was tougher than the Taxol for me – I would feel nauseated for only 2-3 days, but felt tired and “crummy”, which would last until 2-3 days before the next treatment. Taxol was pretty easy, compared to AC – after a few weeks I started having back pain the night of treatment, which seemed to get worse with time – but only lasted for the night. I learned to come home from treatment and take a nap (assisted by the Benadryl given prior to treatment), then stay up with the family to watch the baseball game (2001 – the Mariner’s “dream” season!). I wouldn’t get much sleep that night because of the back pain, but had the weekend to recover. I was able to work the entire time, just cut back the hours a bit (probably = to .8 FTE). Good luck!