Docetaxel pain
Hi All, I'm about halfway through my chemo. I've finished 3 cycles of FEC and have just started on Docetaxel. I thought the Docetaxel was better at first, since I didn't seem to get any nausea (a reli...
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Hi Sevenbe, I had exactly the same type of very strong bone and body aches and pain after the first cycle of docetaxel. Also had sore finger nails and toe nails which I thought was very weird. My oncologist prescribed me panadeine forte which helped. The second cycle was better but I had very severe fatigue and some nausea. 2 cycles was enough for me and I changed over to weekly paclitaxel which was much better. I did get fatigue but not as bad as with docetaxel. Why don't you check with your oncologist to see whether you can change to paclitaxel. It is just as effective as docetaxel. good luck x