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Brooklyn16
6 years agoMember
Anyone had to stop their chemo ?
Hi All 👋 Just wondering if anyone has travelled a similar road to me ? Had ILC Oestrogen/Prog + HER2-ve Grade 2, Stage 3. Infiltration into 2 sentinel lymph nodes. Axillary clearance with rema...
OnNett
6 years agoMember
I stopped paclitaxel. I completed 11 of 12 weeks. I was admitted to hospital at week 10 for anemia and tachycardia. Week 11 I had adverse immune response, it seemed my body had developed an allergy to the drugs. The oncologist decided to skip week 11 and next week I start AC fortnightly cycles (x4). As people have said paclitaxel is more gentle and AC is more aggressive, I don’t see how I will get through 4 cycles. For the last 3 of paclitaxel I was treated for shortness of breath, tachycardia, and anemia.