Hi,
I am currently having EC chemo and due to change to paxlataxl soon. It’s going as well as can be expected but I’m plagued by this smell around me that really turns my stomach. I’m the only one who can smell it and it’s definitely coming from me. I imagine it’s all the drugs I can smell but I just wondered whether anyone had similar and had come up with a solution. I’m fed up of turning my own stomach!
Hey hi I said the same thing to my partner this morning I’ve got a weird smell about me he says he can’t smell it but it’s awlful I can’t even describe what it smells like I’m too having EC had my first one last week , I have no taste whatsoever either my mouth feels rank even thou I’m brushing my teeth about 3 times a day and doing salt water gargles still sore .. Polly x
I’ve had 3 and one more next week before moving onto the next one. It’s been ok. I have mine on a weds and the weekend after I’m pretty wiped out and feel sick and then about now I start coming out the other side. The weird symptoms I have had is my op scar is now sore again and on day 7 of the injections I get back spasms that last for about 24 hrs then go. All normal apparently. It is most certainly a journey!
Oh my word, it is definitely a thing! When I had my 3 rounds of EC I felt like I had a green fog following me all around, like a cartoon! My husband couldn’t smell it but it was ever present, particularly going to the toilet or anything digestion related but also just on my skin and in my nose and mouth. I didn’t find a solution I’m afraid. I have since moved onto Docetaxel - had 2 rounds, 1 to go - and it has gone so hopefully that will be the same for you with Paclitaxel.
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