Hi,
Yesterday my wife was due to start her first chemotherapy with paclitaxel. Within a couple of minutes, her face went red and had tingling lips.
Immediately the nurse said reaction and a dozen doctors and nurses were swarming her. Oxygen masks, lots of questions proceded.
Now on a ward recovering.
Has anyone else experienced similar with taxol?
I’m sorry that happened to your wife. Its really scary when everyone rushes in and panics. I had 4x dense does Paclitaxel sessions and whilst I didnt have a reaction straightaway, I think the anti allergy nausea drugs they gave me worn off and felt really unwell during the last hour i.e. fever, nausea and feeling faint. At my last one, they checked my blood pressure and found it to be too low so they pressed the emergency button. Once recovered, they will try again, I assume upping the anti allergy drugs and administer the drug more slowly. I did feel my hands getting affected during it and after, i developed neuropathy. I bought a compression sleeve and already had compression socks which are supposed to help. Hope she gets better!
I had strong nausea during my first paclitaxel treatment and palpitations later in the week. I didn’t not carry on with this treatment.
The staff was great and made all the checks needed before deciding to stop this treatment.
I hope your wife is feeling better.
I’m sorry to hear that and hope your wife recovers quickly. I’ve been having weekly paclitaxel for the last seven weeks and every other week someone has had a reaction. So I don’t think it’s uncommon and seems to be retrievable, but unpleasant and frightening nevertheless.