Hi all!
I am due to start 4 rounds of EC and then 4 of Paclitaxal this week. Does anyone have any tips to manage side effects etc? I am also going to try the cold cap even though I had originally ruled it out.
Would appreciate some tips from anyone regarding these specific chemo drugs and also chemo in general please.
Hi Meadow15
I had 3 rounds of EC, one every 3 weeks, followed by 12 weeks of paclitaxel. I didn't cold cap so did lose my hair but it was growing back towards the end of my paclitaxel treatment.
My main side effects, other than losing my hair, was a loss of taste and feeling 'under the weather '. The latter would last for about the first 10 days of each cycle then I'd feel back to normal again.
I did go out for a gentle walk each day, which I'm sure helped.
I got round the loss of taste by eating spicy things like curry or chilli and pineapple always tasted like pineapple.
I didn't have any side effects on paclitaxel.
Thank you so much for your reply. Nice to know some specific symptoms I could get.
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