muscle weakness
I'm nearly three weeks post chemo. The last round really kicked my butt. Arm and leg muscles feel so weak that I can't stand very long. I know I've lost a lot of condition these last six months while ...
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About halfway through my taxol treatment, peripheral neuropathy kicked in in fingers and toes, then spread to upper calf level. Then, another couple of doses later, my knees would give way. particularly when going down a slope or stairs. Remember in school, when you were standing in line, and some clown would come behind you and use their knees behind your knees and you would collapse? That same thing. Finished the taxol in December, and still don't know where my feet are unless I can see them and the knees still give way, so now I have one of those flash walker thingies with the padded seat. Tut Tuttt...I already have osteoporosis (one rib broken twice, six months apart) without any fall or bang, so I know if I take a tumble, I'll bee in deep doo doo, so walker it is. I have plans to purchase an air horn to affix to the frame to blast twits about to crash into me, whilst hypnotized by their phones. A small toy doggy with nodding head on the seat is also a possibility. Christmas time may or may not mean tinsel too...