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Paclitaxel - Taxol the Tyrant (Triple Tʻs), have just completed Wk4...tears and sadness
In advance, I apologise for the lengthy post, Here I am reaching out to the BCNA group...flooded with tears, an emotional overload. I have a feeling of overwhelming sadness and aloneness, a hollown...
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Dear @Tasia
It can be utterly deflating, when you feel you have got everything under control, to suddenly feel your defences have been breached, you are overtaken by alien forces and you don’t know what to do! Most people find A/C difficult and Taxol
much easier - I loathed Taxol. Bloody nose? Tick. Taste buds gone? Tick. Funny feet? Tick. Toenails that look like you have something unmentionable? Tick. Tachycardia? Tick. Didn’t have the rash though! Good that you will be reassessed but, if it helps, it will pass. Your body is tougher than you think and your spirit is too. From the vantage point of eight years with no evidence of disease, another nine weeks seems a pretty good trade off. I didn’t think so at the time - I kept a journal and I know exactly how let down, dispirited and thoroughly pissed off I felt! But week by week, one step at a time I got through. Take your oncologist’s advice on anything that can relieve the symptoms, never forget that there is a reason for doing this and keep your attention focussed on the future. Best wishes.
It can be utterly deflating, when you feel you have got everything under control, to suddenly feel your defences have been breached, you are overtaken by alien forces and you don’t know what to do! Most people find A/C difficult and Taxol
much easier - I loathed Taxol. Bloody nose? Tick. Taste buds gone? Tick. Funny feet? Tick. Toenails that look like you have something unmentionable? Tick. Tachycardia? Tick. Didn’t have the rash though! Good that you will be reassessed but, if it helps, it will pass. Your body is tougher than you think and your spirit is too. From the vantage point of eight years with no evidence of disease, another nine weeks seems a pretty good trade off. I didn’t think so at the time - I kept a journal and I know exactly how let down, dispirited and thoroughly pissed off I felt! But week by week, one step at a time I got through. Take your oncologist’s advice on anything that can relieve the symptoms, never forget that there is a reason for doing this and keep your attention focussed on the future. Best wishes.