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Pax treatment
Hi all I have been having AC treatment for tripple Neg Breast cancer. I have one last one to go then move on to weekly paxlataxle. I have been told that the weekly treatment is not as bad as the AC b...
I confess I did not like paclitaxel (or Taxol) but I also know that most people find it easier than A/C. My oncologist mentioned that paclitaxel is harder on soft tissue and to expect side effects with eyes, nose or mouth. My eyes were fine but I suffered crusty and rather bloody noses from time to
time and lost my taste buds. All came good as soon as I finished. It’s important to try and eat well even if you can’t taste much - I was lucky, in spite of the conventional wisdom that spicy food helps, it didn’t but I could taste salad, eggs, avocado and bananas! The one thing to
take careful note of is tingling in the extremities, toes and fingers. Paclitaxel can cause peripheral neuropathy, a distortion of the feeling in the nerve endings. It will normally sort itself out after treatment but not always. A reduction in dose or shorter treatment may be called for. Many don’t get it at all. Best wishes for the next steps.
time and lost my taste buds. All came good as soon as I finished. It’s important to try and eat well even if you can’t taste much - I was lucky, in spite of the conventional wisdom that spicy food helps, it didn’t but I could taste salad, eggs, avocado and bananas! The one thing to
take careful note of is tingling in the extremities, toes and fingers. Paclitaxel can cause peripheral neuropathy, a distortion of the feeling in the nerve endings. It will normally sort itself out after treatment but not always. A reduction in dose or shorter treatment may be called for. Many don’t get it at all. Best wishes for the next steps.