Side effects of taxol
Hi All, this is the first time on this site. I was diagnosed with a TNBC on the 1/3/2017 post a routine mammogram. Age 52. Surgery on the 16/3 (wide local excision and 4 nodes taken). Thankfully no s...
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@Brenleigh I started AC chemo in June and loved it. It was like being at a 24 hour party, I must have been insufferable, lol. I loved the steroids, even with the ghastly side effects, they made me look 20 years younger.
Then started the Taxol. I woke up the very next morning and started to cry before I had a chance to get the sleep out of my eyes. I cried at every opportunity (whenever I was alone) for the next week. I've got number 8 coming up this Friday with only 4 more to go. I am now so slow that I don't leave the house, even though I can still drive short distances. I can't walk further than a few steps at a time before my thighs and hips start to burn. The beach is 2 blocks away. An impossibility to walk to. But I can wobble around my house. Mostly I lie on my swinging couch. Some days I have been too tired to talk. Crying has become too much exertion as well.
And they said Taxol would be easier - how different everything is for everyone.
I've still got surgery and radiation to follow.
Keep me posted.
Cheers
Then started the Taxol. I woke up the very next morning and started to cry before I had a chance to get the sleep out of my eyes. I cried at every opportunity (whenever I was alone) for the next week. I've got number 8 coming up this Friday with only 4 more to go. I am now so slow that I don't leave the house, even though I can still drive short distances. I can't walk further than a few steps at a time before my thighs and hips start to burn. The beach is 2 blocks away. An impossibility to walk to. But I can wobble around my house. Mostly I lie on my swinging couch. Some days I have been too tired to talk. Crying has become too much exertion as well.
And they said Taxol would be easier - how different everything is for everyone.
I've still got surgery and radiation to follow.
Keep me posted.
Cheers