Starting Paclitaxel...
Hi Everyone, Well I have now completed the first 4 rounds of Chemo, in two weeks time I start the 12 rounds of weekly, (Paclitaxel) and I am shit scared as I have only come to terms with the side ef...
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Hi @Schwen , best advice I could give you is to ice your hands and feet if you can . Taxol side effects can include peripheral neuropathy in your hands and feet, and loss of nails. My sister ended up with numb feet after her BC chemo and I wanted to avoid it if I could so I researched before I started and ended up plunging my hands and feet in ice whilst having taxol. I just bought 2 cheap cake containers , bigger one for my feet :) , got my chemo buddy to fill with ice from the ice machine in the kitchen on the chemo ward, or byo in an esky, put latex gloves on my hands, wrapped my feet in plastic bags and in they went.It's cold at first but then everything goes numb and my chemo buddies always did their best to distract me!. I got through all 12 treatments and had no neuropathy or nail loss. May have just been my good luck but I like to think the ice helped.Good luck with the rest of your treatment and hang it there!!