Hi There Everyone,
Hope my post finds you all fighting and keeping as well as you can?
I had my 1st of 6 cycles of Carboplatin/Paclitaxel 2 weeks today and although i had been given the literature on the side effects and been told them i thought i was better prepaired for what was to come.
Now my story may be different from others as everyone's body deals with it in different ways but my experience has not been a walk in the park. 1st few days totally floored with flu like symtoms, metalic taste in mouth, tender mouth, horrendous nausea, banging sore head, fatigue and just not myself.
2 weeks on and 2 different lots of anti-sickness meds still nauseated, back pain, stomach pain like tightness? I have picked up a UTI which i have an anti-biotic for. Personally i dont think its a UTI as its at both sides of my waist just above my hips and the 2 areas feel hard and sore to press?
I had a CT scan done last Tuesday as consultant wanted a benchmark of where we are just now and one to be done again at end of chemo. I had a chat with her to discuss the results of this and she had said there had been no progression although the cancer was still present (pockets of noggles) and that my lymph nodes were 1cm. No one had ever mentioned lymph nodes to me all i knew was the cancer was advanced and that there were pockets still there?
I am also experiencing my scalp being tender and bit nippy but I know that will be the hair starting to come out?
I would love to hear from anyone that has gone through similar as myself or has any advice, hints etc that may help.
Sorry for the long post and thank you for listening....
Shelly x
Hi Shelly
I don't have the experience you're looking for but I noticed that your post hadn't had any responses yet.
While you're waiting for replies you could use the search facility in the group to look for posts which mention the same problems that you're experiencing. You can put key words in like 'Carboplatin/Paclitaxel' to narrow down the search.
When you have a minute, it would be really useful if you could update your profile as it really helps others when answering or looking for someone with a similar diagnosis. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. Don't forget to select 'Save' when you've finished adding to it.
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