Query side effects of weekly chemo
My Mum has been receiving three weekly chemo cycles. She is half way through. After 4 of these cycles she will be going to weekly chemo for 3 months. She is anxious that the weekly chemo will leave ...
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I wouldn't say it is better but different. In AC chemo I was wiped out for a week then felt I had 2 reasonable good weeks. On taxol you don't get the awful nausea issues or constipation and initially it does seem much much easier than the 3 weekly chemo. However it is accumulative and you get fed up and tired. I was allergic to it so needed higher steroids which gave me issues. Over time gastritis was a big issue for me and I couldn't eat any spicy foods at all and detested vegetables. I developed some numbness in my feet and balance issues and terrible muscle and joint pain. But....having said that ...the time went quickly and I look back and think ..it was totally doable and if I had to ...I could do it again. We are all different and I know of a number of women who had taxol with much less issues than I had. I hope all goes well. Kath x