Eye watering from Taxotere

I also had it last for about 2 months after Taxotere. It gradually became less severe as time wore on, then suddenly disappeared, thank goodness. My oncology nurse told me she had a patient who also had it as severe as I did, he had to have shunts put in because his eyes were so swollen the ducts became shut. There was nothing they could do to help him. I'm glad I survived it intact, and hope your's goes away very soon.

I had watery eyes too and I know it took at least a month to go away but it just happened one day.  I was told by the infusion nurse that watery eyes were an indication that you would lose your lashes.  I did lose them but only AFTER treatment, but I think they were pushed out by the new lashes coming in.  

Lorrie 

Mine were watering so much starting with about the 4th of 12 Taxols. I am just going to have my last Taxol (12th) one this next week. I just wanted to let you know what helped me. I went to the eye doctor and got punctal plugs put in and since a week later even throughout my treatment the watering stopped. It was the best advice that I got to stop the watering.

I finished Taxotere 5 months ago, and had stints put in 3 months ago. My eyes still water as much as ever-- and it's driving me NUTS. My opthalmologist says most people can have the stints removed by this point, but I've got allergies going on in one eye so he's leaving them in longer. Even though I've lost my nails three times, and I still suffer slightly from dry mouth,this is by FAR the most annoying side effect.

To all my sisters with watering eyes:

I am so glad I found this thread as I was beginning to feel I was the only one that had this.  I am only three weeks out from my last taxtotere, and the eyes started watering right after my third round and they just water, water and water 24/7.  It's driving me crazy as I work full time and am always wiping them and the tears running down my cheeks.  I also lost all my lashes and don't see anything coming in yet.  Your posts have let me know that at least I am not alone, and guess I shouldn't expect it to stop any time soon.  Thanks to you all for your posts regarding this.  Hope we all dry up soon!

Linda

TrishK - thanks for the info, I am hanging in there!  I can stand no lashes IF I could line my eyes, but with them tearing non-stop, I can't keep any liner on.  All in all, my eyes are so washed out and "cancerous" looking, I hate it.  Can't wait until I can get my shadow and liner back on!  Thanks for all the info.

Linda

So glad to hear that I am not alone in this too. I am 5 weeks out from Taxotere and my eye watering is less than it was but certainly not gone. It's waking up in the morning when it is making my eyes stuck shut that is bothersome - and getting sightly better.  I also have a runny nose from Herceptin (and a cold that is about gone). You'd think with all this leaking that I'd lose some weight!

I had terribly runny eyes.  I have allergies so I'm always blowing my nose and everytime I blew my nose my eyes would squirt.  Very annoying.  I happened to go to the opthamologist for a routine visit while on Taxotere and mentioned the problem.  No one associated it with the drug and they told me it was probably an eye duct problem that could be operated on.  Needless to say the problem went away after finishing Taxotere.  I don't remember how long after but not very long...weeks rather than months, I think.

  Saw the eye surgeon on Wed and he said he wants to leave the tubes in for two more months.  I really think they are tearing more now and he tried to explain to me how the tissue is closing in on the tubes, but that when he takes them out there should be a well established drain.  I told him I was still using the drops and he asked what drops and I said the ones with the pink cap that you prescribed.  He then proceeds to tell me that you dont' want to use those for more than two weeks post surgery as they can cause glaucoma and cateracts!!  Great.  So I am not just using clear eyes and putting vasoline around my eyes.  I guess I shouldn't complain too much because at least my fingernails are improving and I am growing hair and can taste and the edema is much better.   What are the lubricating drops called, Blondie?   Thanks

   Yesterday, I was rubbing my eye because it itched and I must have caught one of my loose nails on the plug end because the next thing I knew I had this stabbing pain when I blinked the eye lid would not close because something was holding it open.  I said to a woman I work with, I think I just pulled one of my tubes out and she said Oh, Marybe as if she didn't think there was any way I could actually have done that.  Well, I went and looked in the mirror and there was this long clear thing sticking out so I just pulled it the rest of the way out. I cannot believe  how long it was.  I immediately called my eye surgeon's office and told them what happened and the receptionist wanted to know if it was still in at all and I said no and she wanted to know how long it had been since they were placed and how it felt and when my next appt is.  I told her actually it felt surpirsingly good and I have an appt a week from Monday.  I do think this eye is not tearing the way the one that still has both tubes is so this will sort of be like a test for a week.  They had been in for just a day short of three months so hopefully there is a new tear duct established which is what was supposed to happen.  Next thing you know I will be griping about dry eyes, but will certainly be glad to be done with this tearing.  It is actually more annoying than the neuropathy in my feet. 

Well, I accidently pulled out the lower plug on the other eye today....so I am back to having a matched pair.  I was at work and something flew in my eye....some prophy paste I think since I was polishing....so I rubber at my eye and felt something sting and sure enough just like before I was unable to close my eye.  I went running up to the front desk and said to Tammy...ooh, ooh, please help me get this out of my eye, I can't close it so she looked and went oooooh, no I can't.  I can't even look at it.  Get him to do it.  So my boss got some cotton pliers and pulled it on out.  At this rate my next office visit witht  he opthal should be free since I will have removed all the plugs myself.  It's these darned numb nails....I can't feel them or with them and they are brittle and snag on the end of the little plugs.