My last AC was nine days ago. For the first 2 days I was so dizzy and gagging constantly. If I even sipped water I would vomit. If I slept I would have horrific nighmare/hallucinations with me being sucked into tunnels of spinning cherry red iv tubes and needles. Headaches, constipation, nausea, dizziness and preemptive vomiting continue. Only 5 days till last AC, keep bursting into tears and having panic attacks and feeling like I just can’t do it again. Please will someone tell me that the ‘T’ (taxol) is different/ easier. Bawling eyes out again

HI @Nikig AC is just not nice stuff. Isn't it weird as I found the AC cumulative not the taxol. Round 3 took about 6 days to recover and round 4 took me about 10-12 days to get over properly. Where as the first two it was about 4 days. So sorry you had a rough time on Taxol as well @Sister, just awful. 6 months is a long time if your feeling horrid the whole way.Every one is different and I really did find this one a whole lot easier to handle than the AC. The only side effects I had was a bit of a skin rash which doesn't seem all that common. Very sensitive to sunlight as well. I got some mild tingling in my feet the day after but it disappeared fast. That was it though.. I drove myself there and back every week, worked, did all my usual stuff. No nausea and only occasional mild fatigue. Nobody would have known I was having chemo. Fingers crossed you cruise on through.xxoxoxo

Hang in there sister you got this. For some reason I found round 4 easier as it I knew I never had to do it again!Taxol is very different. It had its particular issues for me but I didnt have nausea or constipation on it which was a huge bonus. I just had more reflux as time went on but sorted that with medication and the tiredness crept up about halfway through. Lots of people find Taxol so much better so hang in there.

Thank you so much lovely angels x

@primek thank you, I needed to read that <3

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Sister
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7 years ago
Hi Niki. Make sure that your onc knows all about your reactions - he/she should be able to prescribe better medication to get you through (did you have similar reactions to the first 2?). Taxol is not as vicious. I've just finished the 4AC/12T combination. The thing I would say about taxol is that it is cumulative and you don't get the 2 weeks off to recover so by the end, it's enough. Actually, the other thing I would say about it is that on different weeks, different symptoms would be preeminent - so one week, nausea and fatigue got me down, and the next week it would be the aches. But I never got the full-on whammy of the first week of AC.
Nikig
Member
7 years ago
*edit
my 3rd AC was 9 days ago, my last one is 5 five days away*
Nikig
Member
7 years ago
My last AC was nine days ago. For the first 2 days I was so dizzy and gagging constantly. If I even sipped water I would vomit. If I slept I would have horrific nighmare/hallucinations with me being sucked into tunnels of spinning cherry red iv tubes and needles. Headaches, constipation, nausea, dizziness and preemptive vomiting continue. Only 5 days till last AC, keep bursting into tears and having panic attacks and feeling like I just can’t do it again. Please will someone tell me that the ‘T’ (taxol) is different/ easier. Bawling eyes out again

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