Chemo question ; AC-T. What’s the difference?
Hi lovelies, This Friday I am having my final (no 4) dose of AC. Overall it hasn’t been as bad as expected but dose 3 knocked me around a bit. Seems to be cumulative. Next up is 12 weeks of weekly...
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Hi, I got through the AC pretty intact, I had a wide range of side effects but I could tolerate them all.
Around the third one, I got pretty tired but I was okay after a short nap most days.
When I started the Paclitaxol weekly doses, I breezed through the first five without much of anything, runny nose / eyes and yes a few blood noses. They kept asking me if I had any numbness and tingling in my hands and feet but I didnt. After the sixth dose, I was hit quickly with the PN, it was pretty severe, both hands and feet and my right leg.
They decided to suspend the final 6 doses for two weeks to monitor it. It got worse over those two weeks. So they said no more chemo as I seem to be "sensitive", which is a good thing I was told? My surgery was bought forward and fortunately for me, the tumour was obliterated after the chemo I did receive, only dead cells left.
It is five months since I finished chemo, my hands are almost normal , just the fingertips and nails are numbish. My feet and right leg are taking longer but there is a definite improvement, I can drive again :) I will be okay with this even if there is no further improvement.
I have met many women at the hospital, some had similar symptoms to mine, some who got very few, some who got PN and others that didnt. Good luck, hope you get nothing, that little puppy will help!
Around the third one, I got pretty tired but I was okay after a short nap most days.
When I started the Paclitaxol weekly doses, I breezed through the first five without much of anything, runny nose / eyes and yes a few blood noses. They kept asking me if I had any numbness and tingling in my hands and feet but I didnt. After the sixth dose, I was hit quickly with the PN, it was pretty severe, both hands and feet and my right leg.
They decided to suspend the final 6 doses for two weeks to monitor it. It got worse over those two weeks. So they said no more chemo as I seem to be "sensitive", which is a good thing I was told? My surgery was bought forward and fortunately for me, the tumour was obliterated after the chemo I did receive, only dead cells left.
It is five months since I finished chemo, my hands are almost normal , just the fingertips and nails are numbish. My feet and right leg are taking longer but there is a definite improvement, I can drive again :) I will be okay with this even if there is no further improvement.
I have met many women at the hospital, some had similar symptoms to mine, some who got very few, some who got PN and others that didnt. Good luck, hope you get nothing, that little puppy will help!