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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Taxol hates me. I had a fourth infusion today and after 20 minutes I had another allergic reaction. Not as bad as the one with third infusion but the same side effects: discomfort in the upper chest, hot flush with red face and back pain. The oncologist on site decided to stop the infusion and she contacted my oncologist who was not happy to stop taxol. Instead he prescribed Dexamethasone 5 of them to be taken together on the day before chemo, Loratadine ( antihistamines) and Famotidine 2 days prior taxol. Whatever. I will do what they say.