Scared about the side effects of treatment
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@Caity
Paclitaxel can be very effective but can also have some side effects. Most are short term - loss of taste buds, an easily bloodied nose - and resolve very quickly once treatment stops. Peripheral neuropathy - damage to nerve endings in fingers and feet - can linger. Get advice quickly on any finger or toe tingling. Best wishes for an easy run.1 -
I hope today went well for you.1
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Thanks so much everyone for your support and advice
I felt much better going into it on Wednesday thanks to this place of support.I actually ended up having a severe allergic reaction to the paclitaxel though and went into respiratory distress! They had to press the alarm button and I had lots of medical people rushing into the treatment area. A bit of a crazy experience! Anyway, the nurses took good care of me and after some antihistamines and Ventolin I settled down. Not what I had expected though!! Anyway, a silver lining is that the oncologist thinks due to my tumor being on the smaller side when it was removed I will just continue on with the Herceptin and tamoxifen instead as she doesn't think continuing on with the chemo is worth the risk of the allergic reaction again.
So now I'll be starting the tamoxifen next week and will see how that goes.
Thanks again for all of your help and support xx5 -
Did any of the medical people warn you of the possibility of an allergic reaction? I didn’t say anything because it didn’t happen to me and it isn’t common. I was warned though. Well you have a new plan now. All the best again.1
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Oh my @Caity what an experience- sounds like you’ve done an amazing job under pressure!
I didn’t have an allergic reaction but had heard it could happen and in my case the nurses explained the first dose I was given would be administered slowly over a longer period of time to see how we fared.Thanks so much for generously sharing an update - sending you lots of energy and congratulations on one more step forward 🌸❤️0