Struggling through Chemo
Hi all, My nurse has just introduced me to this group. I’m hoping to connect and share my story and hopefully somehow feel better. After being diagnosed and a short time later having a mastectomy a...
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I had my third Taxol infusion yesterday and experienced a very bad reaction. It started with discomfort in my chest, a hot flash, back pain and high blood pressure. The medical team reacted immediately, and after 30 minutes, I was able to continue the infusion. While I was monitored during the second infusion, this reaction occurred during the third. It was very distressing, but not surprising. The nurse who looked after me seemed unfocused. I had to remind her to give me antihistamines, as she did not check my file on time. There was no 30-minute break between the antihistamine and Taxol infusion as it should be. However, the doctor stated that the reason for the bad reaction was because they removed dexamethasone from the list and only gave me antihistamines and Taxol. As I knew from this network that such reactions can occur, I was not too scared. And also the doctor on site told me that it is very common. However, I reported to another nurse the issue with antihistamine and will talk to my oncologist about it. Previous nurse made a time between antihistamines and chemo infusion of 30 minutes and she told me that it was the rule. Anyway, happy that I am OK.