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Sister
8 years agoMember
Chemo still sucks on taxol
I'm almost halfway through my taxol cycle and so OVER it. Day 4, yesterday...I borrowed my SILs hedge trimmer and pruned some of the overgrowth from around the house - had a break halfway so didn't p...
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melclarity
8 years agoMember
@"Kiwi Angel" Taxol is Palitaxel and Docetaxel is Taxotere, they are similar but different.
Taxol can be tricky as it causes, muscle, nerve and bone pain, I suffered all of it, so there wasnt a day where it let up. It is a very hard one to get through, you dont know how you do but you absolutely will. I have residual neuropathy in my feet that hasnt changed in 2.5 years. Just do a day at a time, that's the only way I managed it. xo
Taxol can be tricky as it causes, muscle, nerve and bone pain, I suffered all of it, so there wasnt a day where it let up. It is a very hard one to get through, you dont know how you do but you absolutely will. I have residual neuropathy in my feet that hasnt changed in 2.5 years. Just do a day at a time, that's the only way I managed it. xo
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