Hi John,
sorry to hear this. I can't help with your query re stents etc, however I did have 6 sessions of docetaxel back in 2019 when I was first diagnosed. It will make you feel unwell - similar to recovering from a bout of 'flu - for a few days after each session (it's usually administered at 3-week intervals), and there are some practical things you can do to help minimise the side-effects and make the whole process more manageable.
Before each session you'll be likely asked to inject yourself subcutaneously with a special protein called GCSF (granulocyte-colony stimulating factor). This stimulates your bone marrow to make more white blood cells, to counteract the fact that the docetaxel will kill the white blood cells. This often makes bones ache, which can be quite painful. To avoid this pain, take the over-the-counter antihistamine loratadine (available from chemists) for the duration of the course of injections, which is usually 5 days. It must be loratadine (other antihistamines will not relieve the pain) and it's very effective.
You'll also be given a steroid to take before the infusion. This will make you feel quite lively and gung-ho for a couple of days, then when you stop taking the steroid, you'll have a bit of a crash and feel quite listless and lethargic. This is totally normal, it just helps to be aware of what will happen.
When you're having the actual docetaxel infusion, have some ice cubes or cubes of frozen pineapple etc handy, and try to suck them throughout. This helps to counter the loss of taste / metallic taste issues that docetaxel commonly causes.
An oncology nurse at The Christie also strongly recommended taking a B-vitamin supplement to help prevent peripheral neuropathy (loss of feeling & sensation in hands and feet). I followed her advice and experienced no problems with loss of feeling: it's a cheap and easy thing to do, and certainly does no harm.
I hope these tips are useful to you; they certainly worked for me. Best of luck with it.
Craig