Dry tickly cough after chemo

Hi, that sounds so very annoying, I hope that this eases soon for you. Best wishes 

Yes I had a cough as well. I obviously tried to keep hydrated.  It only went away once my treatment ended.  Covid was very much around at the time and I kept on having to say it wasn't Covid.

Keep checking your temperature and I am sure all will be well.

Sorry, I can’t shed any light on that cough but it must be super annoying. Hopefully it will resolve soon but at least it’s good news the  medics aren’t concerned about it. Congratulations on finishing chemo, a huge milestone! 

I’ve been reading about your journey and seen that you had 9 x weekly PaclitaxylCarboplatin plus 3 c EC. I have been put on weekly Paclitaxyl/Carboplatin for min 12, max 18 cycles. I can’t have any more EC as I was successfully treated for lymphoma 28 years ago and have had a lifetime amount of it. it would be really great if you could tell me your experience of the weekly Paclitaxyl/carboplatin. I have had four rounds of it so far and it has been definitely harder than I anticipated. I generally have a couple of really good days after the chemo while I am on the steroids but I then seem to fall off a cliff. I’ve had quite a lot of low-grade nausea and this weekend a horribly upset stomach (maybe that was the Phesgo though?), real exhaustion and spent most of the time glued the sofa. To be fair this has been a particularly bad weekend compared to previous ones  but I’m hoping it’s not a sign of things to come! It would be so helpful if you could let me know your experience on this regime and how you felt as the weeks rolled on. What were your main issues and did you suffer at all from any peripheral neuropathy? Complete honesty would be really helpful so I know what to expect. I know we are all different but I would rather be at least semi prepared. Thank you so much in advance. 

Thanks Ricki, glad it’s not just me. Yes temperature fine, no fever or anything like that, just this cough. I’m hoping it will go in a few days

Hi Bonnie. Yes of course always happy to offer help and advise. 

I’m sorry to hear you have struggled so far. If I’m honest I had hardly any issues with the weekly paclitaxal and carboplatin. I felt absolutely fine, the main issue was constipation which I got every time. I carried on working and doing my weekly reformer Pilates class. I had 2 sessions which were delayed due to high liver function but I didn’t have any physical symptoms for that. I think it was my second to last session I got tingling/itching in my hands and the nurses thought I had grade 1 neuropathy but a week later I had low potassium and apparently a sign of that is tingling in hands so who knows what it was as the tingling never came back! I cold capped and hardly lost any hair on that drug, just thinned at the sides where I presume from my glasses/sunglasses rubbing over my ears. 

What I made sure I did was drink lots of cold pressed juices for vitamins, made a spinach smoothie every day and did a little bit of exercise every day, walking, rebounder trampoline, kettlebell, Pilates. 

I hope that helps but let me know if you want to know anything else x