non- taxol foot pain

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jldietsch
jldietsch Member Posts: 3
edited June 2014 in Managing Side Effects of Breast Cancer and Its Treatment
non- taxol foot pain
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  • jldietsch
    jldietsch Member Posts: 3
    edited June 2008

    Hi, I'm Juliet.  I'm having a hard time figuring out where exactly to post this.  I'm new at this message/chat stuff.  I was just diagnosed with breast cancer at the beginning of the year.  I have just finished my fourth and last chemo with adriamycin and cytoxan.  I will do 4 treatments of taxol next.  My problem is that I seem to be having taxol side-effects without ever having had the drug!  The bottom of my feet are burning and in pain so badly I can barely walk to the bathroom.  When I called the onc office they basically told me that I shouldn't be experiencing this yet and essentially tough luck - don't know what's wrong with you.  Has anyone experienced these symptoms with these drugs.  I feel like I'm going crazy here.

    Thank you,

    Juliet

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  • sftfemme65
    sftfemme65 Member Posts: 790
    edited June 2008

    Hi Juliet,

    Actually, I had the exact same thing.  My feet were red and burned.  By the time I completed the 4th A/C it was really painful.  I had hand/foot syndrome, my onc said its not common but Adriamycin can definitely cause it.  Once I started taxol, my feet did peel...not painful but weird for sure.  I just completed my taxol, did 12 weekly ones and I had very little neuropathy and no foot pain at all.

    I would bet anything you have hand/foot syndrome.

    Teresa

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