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Sister
6 years agoMember
I didn't have dose dense @youngdogmum so I don't really know the regimen. Instead I had the standard 12 doses weekly. I started to develop pn towards the latter end (can't remember now but think it was around 7 or 8) beginning in the outer toes of the right foot. It eventually spread to my ankles and a little way up my legs, and also into my fingers. The onc took it week by week and did say that I might have to have a longer break in between or lower the dose but in the end it wasn't necessary. Most of it went away except for the spot it originally began - I have had no change in that. Do be aware that taxol is a guessing game - they know the maximum that most people can take and that's what they aim for. What they don't know is the minimum that is effective so quite probably, many of us have been way overdosed. I know I was told that 8 out of 12 doses was the goal line. But do discuss it with your onc.