TAXOL

StillHere, I hated Taxol. Made me nauseated, pains shooting through my body,a nd this horrible weird nerve-damage itching in my feet that was really debilitating. But you get though it, and it's over.  I toolk a lot of meds to stay comfortable, listened to audiobooks,walked when feet were up to it.

stillhere663, be sure to tell your onc about your feet.  She/he might want to try gabapentin, L-glutamine and or acetyl L carnetine for that. Gabapentin is prescription but the other two are over the counter.  My onc prescribed the gabapentin and said I can take the others but in the dose recommended on the package only.  I have heard that others do it differently, though.

Good luck with your Taxol!  I hope the next one is better.

I've only had one Taxol treatment so far (DD) one week ago today and it was horrible. I cried through the whole thing until I finally passed out from the Benadryl. Fortunately I did not have an allergic reaction. But I came home and slept the rest of the day. Beginning the next day I had sore tingling numb feet, shooting pains all through my body, headache, earache, some nausea, fatigue. A week later I'm still on the couch with aches and pains, especially shooting pains in my torso, and fatigue. I was hoping it would be "a breeze" as it is for some -- but nope. I don't feel as "sick" as with AC but there's much more pain and a different kind of discomfort and just as much fatigue.

I had AC DD in February through March of 2011 and Taxol DD April-May of 2011.  I did not have any horrible side effects of Taxol.  I had some tingling/numbness of my feet and fingers and after I finished the Taxol my fingernails and toenails were really thin and I lost the toenails on a couple of my toes.  After going through AC treatments I really didn't think the Taxol was horrible.  Good luck with everything, I hope you are spared from any horrible side effects.