Weekly Taxol diarrhea and schedule questions

Honeybee68

I started weekly Taxol 13 days ago. I have the third infusion today. I also get Herceptin and Perjeta once every three weeks and so far have only had them once.

I started to get diarhhea a few days after the first infusion. I took Immodium about every other day and that worked. Now I am taking multiple doses every day and am still having watery stools. If you have any tips for how to manage diarrhea better, I would appreciate your input.

Also, how far in advance were your chemo infusions scheduled? I only get them for one to two weeks at a time and they keep switching the day of the week. I guess I expected I would get the entire 5 month schedule right away.

Moderators

Hi Honeybee,

We're so sorry to hear you're experiencing this unpleasant side effect of treatment. We're sure others will be by shortly with their tips, but in the meantime, you may be interested in checking out the main Breastcancer.org site's side effect page on Diarrhea and also Eating When You Have Diarrhea.

We hope this helps and that you get some relief soon!

--The Mods