Anyone feel awful on last AC? find taxol easier? Help pls

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dlittkemann
dlittkemann Member Posts: 234
edited August 2018 in Chemotherapy - Before, During, and After

I just had last AC on Monday. It's now Sunday almost week later, and I feel so so awful. Exhausted. It's like the worst hangover but times 10. Is that normal??

Also what did you experience with taxol. I have 4 of them left to do.

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  • JaBoo
    JaBoo Member Posts: 520
    edited August 2018

    I hope for some answers, sorry I can't give you any, as I'm one dose behind you... .. I, too, had AC on Monday (it was no. 3) and still feel some aftereffects today, was awfully tired until Friday. I dread no. 4 AC and Taxol too.

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  • moth
    moth Member Posts: 4,800
    edited August 2018

    Yes, that's normal in my experience! AC wiped me out. Just rest lots, drink lots of fluids, eat what you can, walk as much as you can. But I spent a lot of time on the couch binging on Netflix during AC.

    Taxol was way easier for me but mind you - ... while I was originally scheduled for 4 DD taxols because I was hospitalized after my 1st & 4th AC for febrile neutropenia I got switched to 12 weeklies. (my MO told me that unlike with the AC, with the Taxol there is no large benefit to the DD in terms of outcomes and it has fewer side effects when you do the weeklies)

    Hang in there!

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  • Whirlaway
    Whirlaway Member Posts: 64
    edited August 2018

    I found the DD A/C tough. The weekly (12) Taxol were much easier!

    I am now a year+ post treatment and I feel almost like my old self! Hang in there!! Stay hydrated and rest lots

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