Yes it's a once a month treatment with a lighter dose of Taxol. Mom has been doing fine with the dosage. No real side effects with the exception of hair loss but that doesn't seem to bother her. So her quality of life has been real good.
Her score had dropped to 5 or 6 after the initial carboplatium/taxol. It stayed at that level through the first 5 months of the maintenance period. These last three months it has increased to 11.
We haven't recieved the latest score yet but she will have a cat scan on March 24 or 25....just before her next chemo session.
I'll keep you posted as to what happens and what the doctors say.
Hope you are doing well, I know it can be a scary thing to see the score rising but always have faith and hope. I've seen many women have a relaspe of cancer and then the go into remission for a long time. Have no idea why?