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Taxol side effects
Hi all, I’m starting paclitaxel chemotherapy this week (once a week for 6 weeks). I’m wanting some insight into how I might feel. It’s a busy time of year and I’m a single mum. We have dance conce...
Thanks so much for your detailed reply, I really appreciate it. Hopefully I get through ok. I exercise mainly for my mental health, so super keen to try to avoid neuropathy. Did you get it straight away after starting on taxol?
Sorry for the delay - from memory (truly, all this will be hard to remember one day!) it was about week 4 or 5 of weekly Taxol. Just tingling in my finger tips, to begin with, as per the written information my oncologist gave me on both chemotherapies. My fingers didn't get much worse but my toes and feet did. As you are having a shorter exposure (I had 12 weeks, nearly stopped after 10 but didn't, whole different story!), you may not have the same problem at all. Good luck.