Deferred treatment

Hi Shazza71

Had exactly the same happen to me.I was hospitalised for 2 weeks due to sepsis from picc line infection.I had it removed and put in other arm.It stayed there for 5 months with no further issues.I also had a severe allergic reaction to paxaital, they changed me to Abraxane and never had another problem.I finished my chemo and due for surgery on Tuesday.my tumour is no longer visible on Mri,even though i only had 10 out of the 16 sessions of chemo due to infection etc.Please believe that the oncologist know what they are doing,they are prepared for things like this happening.I was told each time I had a delay,that my cancer would have had the cancer approx 5 years even before I could feel the lump.Im also TNBC.Here if you need to talk,there is also an amazing TNBC group on Facebook which I use daily.Ladies on there who have no return of their cancer ,some 10 years xx

Hi, thank you for the reply, I appreciate you taking the time to message me x it gives me a little more confidence. It's certainly an emotional roller coaster. They are moving me to another type of paclitaxel,  but can't remember the name. It says it's better for anyone that is hypersensitive to paclitaxel,  so hopefully I will be OK on it. Means my treatment will change a little. Was supposed to have treatment every week, but this new drug will be every 3 weeks. Don't have a lot of info yet, but will get a call Monday to let me know when I start xx

It sounds like you are being switched to NAB-Paclitaxel (also known as Abraxane). It’s the same active ingredient in a different, non-albumin-bound suspension and less likely to cause an allergic reaction as your reaction is likely to have been to the albumin in Paclitaxel.