Taxol

@AllyJay Yes! I'm really struggling with that at the moment. Absurd little big realities.

Pushing the tablets  out of blister packs was very painful as well.

My nail beds are so painful, the slightest touch or pressure hurts. Can't do up shoelaces as looping them over, and using my fingertips is impossible. Toes are sore too but not as bad. Docetaxel.

@AllyJay Thanks for sharing!  I'm experiencing much the same, the tenderness under the nail is making it hard to function normally!  Until this thread I thought I was alone! Glad to hear it gets better at least!  I have three rounds of taxol left, I will push through! 

Hi there @jane84 , My big toe on the left, not the one that came off, but very chalky, twice formed a pocket of pus on the side of the nail. Antibiotics for double cycles twice and that was very yucky, but as I have severe peripheral neuropathy in my lower legs, as well as fingers, I never felt actual pain in my toes. My fingers  were very sensitive, however, the slightest tap, on say the kitchen counter when cooking, felt as if I had slammed the finger in a door. A sharp and then throbbing pain. Scratching myself was also very uncomfortable, felt as if sharp bits were being pushed under the nails. The fingers resolved from that painful state within a month of finishing the  Taxol, but the discolouration and ridging took about six months to grow out completely. Still have the weird middle finger nail as mentioned above. Toenails still look like crap, very embarrassing to wear sandals or going swimming. I always feel the urge to reassure others that I don't have some feral fungal infection!!

Were you in much pain @AllyJay? 

Taxol gave me chalky white and one black toenail. Lost the nail on right big toe...it just started lifting from the nailbed, and a few weeks later came off. Starting to regrow, but still looks manky. Fingernails also discoloured to a nasty orange brown and developed horizontal ridges, four in all, spaced  about 2mm apart. I put this down to damage in the nailbed from the AC chemo, rather than the taxol, as I already had one ridge emerging when I started on the Taxol.I was  very ill on the AC, ended up in hospital for a total of 56 days over the twelve weeks of that nightmare. Eventually the ridges and discolouration grew out of the fingernails, but the shape of the middle finger on my right hand has changed. Has a high arch  and is narrower than before, and now digs into the side of the finger if I cut it too short. Much like an ingrown toenail would do. I therefor keep it a tad longer than I usually would.

@smokie08 oh thankyou for this!! It's re-assuring to hear from someone else who's experienced similar!!  Xx

Hi Jane84
My finger nails went green/black then started to lift!!! and weep not much fun!! Kept them painted so no one could see what they were like.  They are eventually growing out now 6 months since last chemo.  So hang in there  it will get better!!

Take care X :)

That looks so painful @jane84