Docetaxel side effects
My next 4 chemos are docetaxel. Its side effects are really scaring me. Has anyone else had it and how bad was it? Does it make you loose hair as I have been doing the cold cap and dont want to waste ...
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Ok so I thought I'd let you know what happened to me with the first dose of docetaxel!
Painted my nails and that was it.
Very tired for a few days then my feet and hands started burning up. So bad that I had to keep them on ice packs for 7 days. Excrutiating pain like theyed been burnt on the oven door. I could only hobble on with my feet but at least I could walk.
At last the pain subsided and thrn the peeling started...not just sun burn peel I mean thick layers of dead skin, it was unbeleavable. My hand 3 weeks later were okwith new skin but my feet are still peeling after5 weeks!
So the doc put my next dose down 25% , ok this is looking a bit better. But he said I should really have another extra dose due to the reduction😞, I only had two to go.😣
So for my 2nd dose I went prepared, I found out a bc friend of mine had the cold pack set up for the hands so borrowed it all. I had white gloves on then a jel pac wrapped around my hands pushed into kmart silicone oven mits🤣, what a sight but I didnt care! Very painful but managed to make it through the two and a half hours plus had the cold cap on at thr same time 🤣😂🤣!
Well it worked and I am so glad I did it. Im thinking of telling the doc that he can put it up to the full dose next time so that I dont have to go back again , then I'm finished!
Unfortunately I am in hospital with a chest infection and high temps at the moment. Been here for 5 days. Nothings working so on friday they are going to do an endoscopy and get a sample from my lung so that they can find out what the infection is.So know how to treat it. Not something I needed now, its a real pain. One good thing they did a body ct scan on me and no cancer showed up! 🎉🎉🎉 Its been 5 months since my last one before my ops so very pleased!
Also as routine I had to have a covid test and it came back negative so great mothers day present! Would have been very surprised if I hsd it as been in isolation for so long.
Hope you all had a lovely Mothers day.⚘💖⚘💖⚘
Painted my nails and that was it.
Very tired for a few days then my feet and hands started burning up. So bad that I had to keep them on ice packs for 7 days. Excrutiating pain like theyed been burnt on the oven door. I could only hobble on with my feet but at least I could walk.
At last the pain subsided and thrn the peeling started...not just sun burn peel I mean thick layers of dead skin, it was unbeleavable. My hand 3 weeks later were okwith new skin but my feet are still peeling after5 weeks!
So the doc put my next dose down 25% , ok this is looking a bit better. But he said I should really have another extra dose due to the reduction😞, I only had two to go.😣
So for my 2nd dose I went prepared, I found out a bc friend of mine had the cold pack set up for the hands so borrowed it all. I had white gloves on then a jel pac wrapped around my hands pushed into kmart silicone oven mits🤣, what a sight but I didnt care! Very painful but managed to make it through the two and a half hours plus had the cold cap on at thr same time 🤣😂🤣!
Well it worked and I am so glad I did it. Im thinking of telling the doc that he can put it up to the full dose next time so that I dont have to go back again , then I'm finished!
Unfortunately I am in hospital with a chest infection and high temps at the moment. Been here for 5 days. Nothings working so on friday they are going to do an endoscopy and get a sample from my lung so that they can find out what the infection is.So know how to treat it. Not something I needed now, its a real pain. One good thing they did a body ct scan on me and no cancer showed up! 🎉🎉🎉 Its been 5 months since my last one before my ops so very pleased!
Also as routine I had to have a covid test and it came back negative so great mothers day present! Would have been very surprised if I hsd it as been in isolation for so long.
Hope you all had a lovely Mothers day.⚘💖⚘💖⚘