Switch from Docetaxel to Paclitaxel
Dear All,
I am just crawling out of the abyss nearly 3 weeks after my first round of Docetaxel (following 3 rounds of FEC). The side effects were just awful - I seem to have had every single one!
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Hi Sandi,
Pleased that you are now 2/3 of the way there and this dose has not been quite as bad.! Yes, I too have lost my eyelashes - well there are some still there but they are so short that they might as well not be there! I can't even put on mascara they are so short! Also, my eyebrows have nearly vanished too - have gone from very dark brown to some residual ones that are light coloured. If I decide to put makeup on, it takes a while as I draw in the eyebrows and put khol pencil around my eyes so I don't look like the excapee from Star Wars that you mentioned!!
Sounds like we both have the skin peeling side effect - mine is only on my feet though. It makes them a bit tender, particularly at night. Thank goodness for Lorazepam sleeping tablets!!
And, yes, although I am at the end, I really don't feel elated - just exhausted and a bit low and teary. I am due to go back to work next week, full time, and I really don't feel ready, but have no choice....I too am really over this whole episode and want to get on with my life and feel normal again - whatever "normal" is!! I have to develop and new normal, I think.
Oh dear - I just re-read what I have written. Sorry to offload and I hope it doesn't make you feel worse? Sometimes it helps to have a "pity party" before picking ourselves up and getting on with the next thing!!
All the very best for the next couple of weeks and the next treatment - then we are both done!
Love,
Alison xx