Starting Taxol next week

Hi booboo,

I think most people "prefer" (that is so not the right choice of word, but you know what I mean lol) their Taxol days to the A/C ones. I do know of some people who will say the opposite, though. For me, A/C was 8 weeks of feeling pretty crummy and weekly Taxol was a minor inconvenience that really didn't alter my day to day life much at all. I was was fortunate enough to never have any bone pain or bad fatigue or neuropathy. I did, however, lose every last one of my eyebrows and almost all my eyelashes AFTER chemo was done (I'm 4 weeks PFC right now and just in the last week this happened). I am also having some stiffness and achiness at the moment that I didn't have while on the Taxol, but noticed about a week after my last dose. As for nausea, I had ZERO nausea with Taxol and plenty with A/C. The only nausea meds I had during Taxol were the day of the infusion. My premeds were Aloxi, Pepcid, Benadryl and Decadron. After that, none was needed. Hopefully you'll have a similar experience!

I took Claritin while I was on A/C because of the possible Neulasta pain, but never took it for the Taxol. I did nothing for Taxol - no supplements or icing my hands and feet or anything, just did it. I am not BRCA positive, but am doing the bilateral mastectomies so as to avoid radiation (and so I can sleep better at night ha!).

booboo I am on long term weekly taxol and have done 40 weekly treatments. It is a very doable chemo. I don't take anything or ice anything. I'm still working full time. I have got them to drop my dex dose significantly though and change my antihistamine. I think the premeds with taxol can cause more SEs than the taxol its self.  Good luck I hope you have a good run with it. 

I start my first taxol in the morning after four doses of doxorubicin and cyclo completed. I thank everyone for their responses to boo boo's post. Seems I am in the same boat. I have had a bad time after my fourth ac trt. It was def cumulative and I did not have a good few days before my next trt, being taxol in the morn. I was dizzy and just plain old exhausted. Let's see what tomorrow brings. I am very nervous. Cannot sleep due to the steroids I took today in prep for tomorrow. Will keep you posted. 

Chrissy

I only had Decadron during the Taxol infusion, never before or after (with A/C I had it for three days afterwards). Five seems like a LOT to take at once!