Taxol and bone pain?

I am on Taxol too and I experience all over body aches for a few days only.  I have been taking the pain meds they gave me, but they also make me feel strange.  Of course, the LAST thing I want to become is dependent on pain pills and I can see it could easily happen.  I am certainly enjoying the ativan now and then.

I am also having sinus issues, headaches and fatigue.  I want to try the Claritin and maybe it will make life more comfy for me.  Thanks for sharing.

I didn't realize my nails would turn black or fall off with Taxol too.  I have had 4 weekly IV's of Taxol so far and I am still getting my nails filled with acrylics without any issues.  They are still very pink.  I have been having my nails done for 20 years so if I see any complications I will deal with it, but until then...I just keep them french style and very short.  I am bald and that stresses me enough... I want to keep these faux nails for as long as I can manage it without issues.

I heard some of the stronger chemos could make nails brittle and the nail beds darkened, but fall off too... eeek and ouch!...

I heard about the icing too... My ONC said no way Hosea... no icing of my head to try and prevent hair loss... no icing of nails period... I have bone mets and they want the drug to get to all my bones and the icing stops circulation of the chemo so it doesn't go to the cold bone areas... that might just be my circumstance so if you aren't bone mets... I can't see the same concerns for you.

I do know the hair icing didn't work for one of my local BC friends who had stage 2, no mets.  She is as bald as me now so it didn't work... She is doing the nail icing too but we have different ONC practices.  She puts frozen peas bags on her toes and wears 2 sets of gloves in between the layers she puts little crushed ice baggies during the time she has her IV drips.  She did all 4 cycles and her nails weren't affected.

I wonder if the nail thing is another one of those... "side affects that could occur"...

I do know that since stopping the Avastin combo with my Taxol I 'feel' way better even on my worst days.  I just hope the Taxol still packs the whammy I need it too.

Take Care... MzJoy 

Bone Pain, I was on Tamoxifen and the pain was so tremendous that I would hug my son and just cry.  I did take the meds, Morphine (small amount), twice a day, Gabapentin, and Tramadol.  Somtimes I was a little spaced out but it was SO MUCH BETTER than the terrible bone pain.  I just have never felt anything like that pain, no even childbirth!