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WendyNev
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8 years ago

Taxol side effects after 7th dose.... to continue or not continue

Hello all. My name is Wendy. Please bare with me as I seek any advice that may be available at a difficult time in treatment.
 I was diagnosed with Triple negative breast cancer Jan 18 this year. Scans etc showed no apparent spread. The advice was to get the portacath in and start neoadjuvant chemo which I did within 3 weeks. The follow up MRI after the AC and a couple of Taxol doses shows the tumour had "disapppeared". Three doses later (all up I had 7 doses with the last dose reduced by 25% ) as I had developed stage 2 peripheral neuropathy. That week the oncologist suggested maybe it was time to stop Taxol or at least have a rest for a week and see if symptoms decrease and carry on. The breast care nurse rang and suggested that this is the only              "window of opportunity" based on research etc and that I should accept the peripheral neuropathy and take the chemo. All through my treatment I have changed my diet, taken supplements, hyperbaraks, hyperthermia and PEMF. This Thursday I have the option to resume chemo and Im not convinced it is the best thing... Im aware that 1% of woman are at risk of Leukaemia later on down the track ./ the peripheral neuropathy can become a permanent state not to mention the other less obvious side effects. I intend to continue the supplements etc So my big dilemma is whether to go on. Has anyone else been faced with this situation. Of course at the end of the day its "your" decision etc but i feel i need to compare notes if possible kind regards wendy

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