Help!! My legs feel like lead!

I put on the fluid with the Taxotere.  And it stayed with me for close to 16 weeks.  Gradually, it worked itself out of my system.  I am now almost 1 full year from post surgery, chemo and radiation.  I can now say that at this point (2weeks shy of a year), I feel the best I've felt since before this joy ride started.  My running is going better.  I feel stronger and have more endurance. 

The net of all this talking about myself is to 'give it time'.

I ran during treatment until all I could do was walk(around the 5th chemo treatment).  I then walked until I could run.  I'm not sure if that makes sense.  But I did a lot of walk/running post treatment and it gradually turned into mostly, then all, running.  I probably was running again, but no serious distance, within a couple months post treatment.  Oddly, I don't know that the running helped get rid of the fluid.  The fluid just seemed to run its 16-week course. 

As I mentioned, I'm approaching my first full year post treatment.  I've run up to a 1/2 marathon distance.  I can't call them stellar times but recovered well.  Covering that distance also involved some walking.  I've also raced shorter distances and wasn't completely embarrassed by my times but still not back to where I was.  

Hope this information helps.  Good luck!  Don't give up but don't be so hard on yourself.

Debbie

I just re-read what I had initially posted.  Sorry for my lazy typing but I left out an essential note.  When I say the fluid stayed with me for 16 weeks, it should also be noted that the information I read about the effects of Taxotere do say the fluid can stick around for 16 weeks.  That's why I suggest it likely has to run its course.

Debbie