Next Treatment - Taxol/ Herceptin

The general view is that Taxol is easier than AC. That said, and if you have suffered form nerve pain, ask your oncologist/day oncology staff what you can do to protect yourself as far as possible from peripheral neuropathy - the pins and needles feeling is how it starts.  Any impact from this is very variable. Most of the other side effects I got were in the nuisance category - nose tending to being a  bit bloody (no actual nose bleeds) - nose oil can be very helpful (from the chemist - slightly expensive, refined sesame oil!) or vaseline. Dry mouth - some people use Biotine -a colleague going through the same thing said it tasted like someone else's spit, which put me right off, but then again I didn't need it much. Lost a lot of taste buds though, but they all came back pretty quickly when I stopped Taxol. Most things tasted of cardboard, but curiously it was mild flavours I could taste best - salad, eggs, avocado, banana. Go figure! Good luck.