Hi,
When you talk to the oncologist just tell them how you feel. There is no reason why they cannot get that line out. If you cannot tolerate the therapy there are other ways of dealing with it.... I know that I was supposed to have Taxol but they scrapped the plan as I have too many allergies... I mean it would be better to have the full treatment but if treatment cannot be tolerated then we go to the next best choice...
If you feel like you are being strangled and it is related to receiving chemo but calms down otherwise hat to could be an allergic reaction... I am hoping they have tried upping steroids to see if they keep the reaction down but if not maybe worth discussing with the Oncologist...
I have been having my AC Chemo injected directly into the veins (no lines etc) as i am allergic to plastic so they cannot leave anything in me for prolonged periods of time,,, The problem with that is that as son as veins have been exposed to Chemo they seems to have weakened and shrunk and each time they do my chemo they have 2 to 6 attempts to get the canula in until they manage to do it and in each of the 3 ACs I have had thus far they had to stop during Chemo as vein would collapse and then try to get a new spot....
That is why they try to avoid using canulas if you have a lot of treatments. I only have the 1 more to go so they are hoping we will get it done somehow but if there were more than that I have no cue how they would do it :(
I am really sorry you are having this much trouble and just wondering if it would be worthwhile maybe posting the question on the general bcna blog site as a lot more women are on that one as the young women group is a closed group. Maybe if posting on the other 'general' blogs you will have more luck finding someone that has had a similar experience and maybe someone has a solution for it...
Jel.
