Today was chemotherapy day for Mom and overall it went smoothly.

We met with Dr. Aurora (Mom's oncologist) this morning and he was happy with her condition and was quite insistent that we go ahead with the treatment today.

Mom's blood counts were all good, too.

The only real concern that we discussed was the effect of the steroid that Dr. Aurora prescribed for before, during, and after this new chemotherapy drug. The dosage causes Mom to be more confused and less lucid than normal. We ran into this last week, but did not recognize it as related to the steroid. To that end, Dr. Aurora recommended that we halve the dose from now on and see how that works. He doesn't want to suspend the steroid, because it does help to reduce the physical discomfort that could be brought on by the Taxotere.

After the doctor visit, Mom went back to the infusion room and got her treatment. This included the Taxotere and Zometa, a drug given to improve Mom's bone density. Dr. Aurora is concerned about that due to the progression of the cancer in the bone.

These drugs do not take as long as the prior combination of drugs that Mom was getting, so she was finished after about three hours or so.

She's resting comfortably at home and now the wait begins to see what side effects present themselves with this new drug.