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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...
Hi Ladies
@CeeCee congratulations on finishing the AC chemo 🥳
I found the paclitaxel a bit kinder....I had the worst symptoms after I finished it. My toenails went black in the corners and I had a strange feeling in my feet, like I'd walked 500 miles but I hadn't. It's starting to get better 2 months post chemo, still feels a bit weird occasionally, but Ifind wearing comfy shoes helps a lot. I also had steroids and antihistamines for the first 5 rounds of the paclitaxel, they tapered them off each round. I didn't have much nausea with the paclitaxel but was offered Maxalon each round, which I didn't need. I did get a bit of heartburn with it though I took pantaprazole which made it bearable. Also all of my hair fell out including eyebrows and lashes on the paclitaxel as well as all my nasal hairs so I had a constant runny nose and sensitive to everything sneezingall the time! My eyebrows and lashes are back now (hooray! ) My liver enzymes went a bit haywire on the paclitaxel too so they had to tweak my dose and I was able to have 12 rounds. Thankfully they are now back to normal!
Hope everyone is going well!
@CeeCee congratulations on finishing the AC chemo 🥳
I found the paclitaxel a bit kinder....I had the worst symptoms after I finished it. My toenails went black in the corners and I had a strange feeling in my feet, like I'd walked 500 miles but I hadn't. It's starting to get better 2 months post chemo, still feels a bit weird occasionally, but Ifind wearing comfy shoes helps a lot. I also had steroids and antihistamines for the first 5 rounds of the paclitaxel, they tapered them off each round. I didn't have much nausea with the paclitaxel but was offered Maxalon each round, which I didn't need. I did get a bit of heartburn with it though I took pantaprazole which made it bearable. Also all of my hair fell out including eyebrows and lashes on the paclitaxel as well as all my nasal hairs so I had a constant runny nose and sensitive to everything sneezingall the time! My eyebrows and lashes are back now (hooray! ) My liver enzymes went a bit haywire on the paclitaxel too so they had to tweak my dose and I was able to have 12 rounds. Thankfully they are now back to normal!
Hope everyone is going well!