Toenails

Mine never fell off but lifted on one side and bled a bit. As they grew out I had to cut down the lifted side. Took 6 months to grow out. Looked totally weird...I slathered with nail polish...once healed up. 

@SonyiaB I used nail hardener all through my treatment and still lost every nail that began lifting from the bed. :\

You need to wear either nail harder or dark coloured nail polish... my friends and i never lost a nail using this technique;)

All the nails I had lift even the smallest amount ended up falling off, sorry to report :\. Not the end of the world though, they grow back quite quickly <3

When mine turned black and brown, I felt terrible when I went to the pool or spa. Felt I needed a big sign saying "I don't have a fungal infection"!!  Didn't stop me though and nobody said anything which was a relief. I thought of using nail polish, but it would not have hidden the splits and the thickening, might have made it even more noticeable. Even now (only one slightly damaged one left - nearly 4 years after all non tablet treatment) my toenails still get discoloured if I apply varnish regularly, they need a break.

Yes my big toe nails are ugly looking . I bumped my big toe and the toe nail lifted off. It grew back ,but always has a crack in it. I go to the podiatrist regularly to have the nails trimmed as they are growing so thick. Im back on Abraxane IV chemo which caused the problem in the first place. Now that the warm weather has come, I feel a bit self conscious  about my toes but Im still going to get about in summer sandals.  Comfort comes first.

I managed to keep my nails but it wasn't easy. What happens is the nail bed holding the nail goes a bit bung. I used to carefully trim the nails right back so they couldnt catch on anything and leave them be. If they got dirt under them I would soak my feet or wash them to clean as best I could. It is a bad idea to put a nail file under there to clean as it will just lift the nail further. If you can hold on to your nails long enough the nail beds will recover and reattach. A year post chemo one toe nail will not grow nice and curved like the others, it grows in a vertical V which is annoying. I trim it as short as possible and file the top of the V down so it doesnt catch on bedding.

Yes, I finished chemo in June and I'm still having problems with one toe nail. My fingernails also went slightly yellow with ridges, but not too bad. My toenail, however, went a funny yellowish whitish colour and has partially lifted from the nail bed. None of this happened to me until a couple of weeks after chemo finished. The problem I'm having is bacteria is getting underneath the lifted part and causing infections in the toe. Soooo painful I took a sterile needle to it to squeeze out the fluid and relieve the pressure. I've had one course of antibiotics, which I think took care of the infection, but it's still not right. It's very sensetive to pressure too. My kids are constantly stomping on my feet as they clambour around me and it sends my toenail black. They're not heavy, either.

Yes I experienced this while on paclitaxol. It started with one of my toe nails where basically the whole nail lifted off. Well almost the whole nail and there was a big bubble of blood underneath. I just cut it right down to the spot and squeezed out the blood. 
The doctor said it's just a side effect of the chemo. It healed on its own afterwards. 

Nails are a real pain with chemo. My fingernails were more or less OK, little bit of discolouration but hardly noticeable but my toes! Black, brown, grey and chalk white, they thickened, split and felt loose. But didn't actually come off. No bleeding though. Losing nails is not unusual unfortunately. Not sure what really helps - some say soaking in iced water. I'd discuss it with an oncology nurse though.