taxotere side effects

kltb - Sephora also has the brow kits - Japonesque and Anastasia make them.  I used (and continue to use) Anastasia colored brow gel, I did not lose all brows or lashes. When my brows came back they were lighter in color so I have continued with the colored gel.  Smashbox also makes one.  I also wore lashes on occasion - usually if I was meeting people I didn't know, otherwise I wore extra eyeliner and darker eyeshadow.

Reading all of your comments really helped me feel 'normal' in such an abnormal time. I had my first TC last Tuesday and I'm happy to say it was a non-eventful treatment.

9 days out and my tastebuds are slowly coming back but I find some things really taste awful yet. Great diet plan!

I ordered some hats from TLC that came today so I thInk I'm going to have my hairdresser shave my head instead of my normal trim tomorrow night. From everything I've read, it's pretty much a given that this Monday or Tuesday is going to be the end of it anyway.

For those veterans out there, is it normal to feel 'ok' in just a weeks time? If it weren't for the weird taste, I don't think I would feel any different. Am I just lucky or will I feel worse as time goes on?

Oh and thanks for all the input on brow kits!  I may just try something local - they have a Sally's here or even just a kit from the cosmetics dept at Target.  I don't really go out much, don't work outside the home, but I do put on my face for drs appts and the like plus with school starting back up next month, I will be going to meet teachers, etc...and don't want any more "poor you" looks than necessary.

Kltb: it is wild how chemo works...but it does work.    Hair on my head, 20 days PFC, is growing way quicker than any other hair..... I just want brows and lashes to return.   Like
you I would not be seen in public without some eye make up on... I have now got used to how I look without it...although always pencil in eyebrows.  And with the taxo-tears eyemake up is a total waste of time as it just runs off.  

I know what you mean though about pitying looks - at first I found it really hurtful and annoying and thought to myself I don't want your pity.  Now I look back smiling and think to myself..yeah I may not have hair...but I`m fighting cancer on a daily basis... what are you
doing.    I have become very used to my `look` and am now OK with it.   Don't like it, but ok with it.

Luvbnggma:   I remember rubbing my head when I first got it shaved    Make sure you drink lots of water (or some fluids) days before, during and after tx.    If you think you'll suffer with constipation start taking a stool softener couple of days before tx and after too... add plenty of fibre to your diet.

PAEaglesfan:  Welcome to the group - you`ll find the support, comfort and laughter you need here.   Some people just sail through tx with very minimal SE`s.   Wonderful if that is you.   Chemo is accumulative so you may feel a little worse with each tx - but then again, maybe not.

Hope you are all managing to have a minimal SE day.

Hi luvBingGma, I highly suggest icing the mouth and toes and fingers.  I have not had any mouth issues nor tingling in fingers and toes.  Did 2nd Taxotere tx yesterday and am hopeful it will continue working.  I suggest ginger caps in lieu of antinausea meds.

What does Latisse do and when should we begin taking it?  

Just want to say hi to all you taxotere girls. I finished it last July and it was doable. SE's were minimal other than the toenails and fingernails and neuropathy that got so bad I had to discontinue treatment. The reason I'm writing is that I want you to know that it kicked cancer's butt .... I was NED and didn't even get to have all the treatments. So, for those of you suffering from terrible SE's .... hang in there! Taxotere is terribly good stuff.

Don't know how long it will last ,I just started July 6th,on taxotere and cytoxen waitint to see when my hair will fall out, Hope these side effects don't last all the way through. I had a melt down today the first since it all started. All better now, needed to cry I guess.

Has anyone ever had botox on the face while on taxotere or herceptin? Having a lot of issues right now and i need to feel good about something.

Hang in there dgcote, it does get better. I had a melt-down last Friday (on day 4 after first TC). After a weekend of rest, I started feeling normal again. I wonder if the "I can't do this" breakdown is a normal part of the process?

The past few days I've noticed an increase in acne. I am chalking it up to fluctuating hormones, but I REALLY HATE having teenage skin again!

Co-workers were very supportive of the new look today. Love how much free time I have in the morning now that I don't have to do my hair! I don't regret getting it buzzed at all, it was nice to feel like I had some control over something for a change.

Had my Nadir CBC done yesterday and my numbers were all good. WC was even a little high so my neulasta shot must have worked.

PAeaglesFan- Congrats on getting through your first TC round.  Yes, the emotional part you are experiencing comes with the chemo.  It's just part of the package from the chemo, the anti-nausea drugs and changes in your hormones.  As for the acne, it's from the same things, especially if you are taking Decadron which is a steroid.  Sounds like you are doing welll! 

Wishing minimal side effects for all this weekend!!!

Hi fellow "Taxoteers" (ala Muskateers).

Glenna - thanks for letting us know that it DOES kick butt and got you to NED

bcbarbie - have to agree w/Special K, don't think that would be the best idea now.

PAEagles and dgcote - I had an awful week emotionally after my first Taxotere that I never had with A/C.  I was better after the second round.   

I would be feeling ok if it wasn't for just sheer exhaustion - I can sleep 12 hours a night easy - and my blasted "weird rib pain" that has resurfaced.  My port is bugging the hell out of me too lately, I have had it since the middle of March and it hasn't bothered me before.  Maybe cause I am lying/sleeping so much

About the "taxo-tears" - is that SE cumulative or do you think I would be having it by now if it were going to be an issue? (finished 2 of the 4) I have a little watering in the mornings but nothing excessive.

Got some brow makeup and lashes that I am going to try Monday when I go out - have to go to dr for labs and then SIL and I are going out to dinner and to see Magic Mike.

Thank you specialk and kitb04 for the wise advise. I will just have to find something else to cheer me up. Probably go out shopping for tops that button up front (for easy port access). Well, if that's not an excuse to go shopping!



Our small dog is making her trip back to the vet today to start her treatment with heartworm infection. Vet says her prognosis is guarded. I have read the meds, like chemo, may poison her, too. She's been a fighter all her 4 years of life. I pray she makes it out of this one, too.



Will be having my firsts next week. Taxotere and Herceptin, 24th and 25th. I dont know why my MO made them on separate days. To separate the se's, maybe? I pray all will be well for all.

SpecialK - thx...right now it isn't bad at all except in the mornings a little.  I just keep waiting for the other shoe to drop with the Taxotere.  Guess I should just consider myself lucky!

barbie - awww, poor doggy.  Hope that everything goes ok.  We nearly had a vet emergency last week when one of our cats came down the hall having swallowed the string of a helium balloon!  (he had to have surgery in the past for blockage after eating a toy)  luckily, he threw it back up!

That would be a bit of a pain to have to go for 2 separate days - hopefully in the future they will combine them.  I know that for my first one they just stretched it out (like 90 minutes for Herceptin instead of 30) but they did them back to back.  Let us know how it goes!

Hikergal - glad you are feeling better.  I have a hard time falling asleep and take Restoril but then once I am asleep, I just have a really hard time getting up in the mornings since I don't have anything I have to do or anywhere to go most days - my girls sleep soooo late too since it is summer.  Once school starts again, we'll have to get over that!  On the bad Nuelasta shot days, I skip the Restoril and take Percocet...it is my bestest friend.