Hello,
Im new here and was wondering about people’s experiences of oxaliplatin
I am 44 and had a right sided hemicolectomy with CME at the end of last year. Since then I’ve had my first session with TOMOX (raltitrexed and oxaliplatin).
Felt rough for the first week but have felt better each day of the second week. I just wanted to know whether the oxaliplatin side effects are likely to get worse with each infusion?
The first week I had a lot of pins and needles and numbness and nausea and feeling generally fluey. It suddenly got a lot better from day 8. Still have some tingling but not as bad in the cold and the nausea has gone. Is it likely to follow the same pattern each time or get worse for longer? Also the infusion was fine until half an hour before the end when my arm hurt and the tingling/numbness started and I’m a bit concerned about it hurting again next time and whether it’s likely to start hurting earlier.
I will be speaking to my oncologist soon but would love to hear of any personal experiences too.
many thanks
