Starting Paclitaxol after AC
I’m hoping you can please let me know for those of you who did 4 x rounds of AC prior to starting Paclitaxol for 12 weeks, how did you find the Paclitaxol in comparison to the AC, and what side effect...
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Hi @Charles76,
I found both treatments difficult but in different ways. Ac knocked me around quite a bit - breathless, mouth ulcers, a feeling that i was never going to feel good again. I got hospitalised. Paclitaxol the mouth ulcers went and replaced by oral thrush and peripheral neuropathy. My eyebrows and eyelashes fell out and emotionally that hit me harder than i expected.
I think its quite doable though. Look for strategies to help you mentally such as count down to the end, rewards at certain points.
Its a bit of a slog but you will get there.
Michele
I found both treatments difficult but in different ways. Ac knocked me around quite a bit - breathless, mouth ulcers, a feeling that i was never going to feel good again. I got hospitalised. Paclitaxol the mouth ulcers went and replaced by oral thrush and peripheral neuropathy. My eyebrows and eyelashes fell out and emotionally that hit me harder than i expected.
I think its quite doable though. Look for strategies to help you mentally such as count down to the end, rewards at certain points.
Its a bit of a slog but you will get there.
Michele