Docetaxel

[rachagogo]

Hi, I just had my first cycle of Docetaxel and am also struggling with joint pain - thought it might be the Zometa I'm also on for bone mets but now wondering...

Looks like I'll have to up my painkiller intake though to cope, will speak to my bcn tomorrow

[LEJ81]

Hey peanut89 might be too late on his post but I ended up in a wheelchair on morphine every hour while on tax. Because it was so bad my onc allowed me to have the pig injections daily rather than that big dose and it helped, maybe see if you can too? I was pretty severe, I couldn't walk without holding on to the kitchen units/walls and went through paractomol, ibru, tramadol, codeine etc before I was put on oramorph - I ended up neutroehinic (spelling) which prob made things much worse. Point is don't suffer in silence tell your onc as there's more they can do for you x

[Peanut89]

Hey Kam80 congrats on your almost year mark!!:) how are you finding Tamoxifen?? Ihave 1yr of herceptin left 5 weekscof radiotherapy and tTamoxifen which im notso delighted about if it makes hot flushes worse? How is being back at work? X

[KAM80]

Hi Peanut89,

I was the same, I much preferred FEC to Docetaxel! I got off relatively lightly with FEC, but Docetaxel just wiped me out. I too ended up in hospital each time, about a week after my chemo, with high temperature. Was always put in isolation, on IV antibiotics - not much fun!
I think Docetaxel is just a nasty one (guess it has to be to deal with such a nasty disease).
My last chemo was on 28/02/2013 - can't believe it will be a year next week?!? I went on to have mastectomy and radiotherapy - I finished treatment in June last year and am now on tamoxifen. I'm back at work full time - it all seems like a bit of a blur now!
What treatment have you had/got left? Any questions, just shout!

Good luck with your next chemo - you're nearly there!!!

K xx

[Peanut89]

Hey Kam80

Thanks for the advice!! I actually preffered Fec this for me has been a nightmare! with my two Docetaxel I have had two seperate week long stays in hospital with a temperature and an infection somewhere it seems to nastier I can't tell if it's the build up of all chemos or just this one!

What stage are you at now?

xxx

[KAM80]

Hi Peanut89,

I also had crippling pain during Docetaxel - I learnt that taking regular pain killers helped keep it more under control and would set myself alarms for when I could take the next paracetamol/ibuprofen combo. Making sure I took them as regularly as possible (obviously within the recommended dose). I also tried to walk everyday, even if it was just to the end of my road and back. As hard as it was some days, the movement seemed to help.

At least you only have one left! Good luck with the rest of your treatment.

K x

[Peanut89]

Hi

Does anyone else experience crippling joint pain from docetaxel? I've just had my second and it's just as bad especially in the knees and lower back?