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candlegranny · 01-02-2011, 08:40 PM

all my toe nails come off. down to nail bed. My fingernails came off too, every one of them. it is the taxotere. i am on herceptin now and the nails are coming back. i have the tingling in my finger tips. some days and some time worse than others. the worse is my feet. i feel like i have marbles under the ball of my feet contstantly. My oncologist nurse told me to take 800 iu of vitamin E daily. not more than 1000. I could not take the vitamin E until I was done with radiation. it appears vitamin e will cure cells etc and the radiation was trying to kill them so i had to wait. I still have the tingling in my fingers but only been taking vitaminE about 2 months. if there is anything i can take or do to make it better, please let me know. I did have swelling in my ankles but that has stopped. i thought it was herceptin but it was the chemo - taxotere that has to be a great chemo cause is sure is a MEAN Medicine! lol

01-02-2011, 08:40 PM	#11
candlegranny Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 151	Re: Neuropathy all my toe nails come off. down to nail bed. My fingernails came off too, every one of them. it is the taxotere. i am on herceptin now and the nails are coming back. i have the tingling in my finger tips. some days and some time worse than others. the worse is my feet. i feel like i have marbles under the ball of my feet contstantly. My oncologist nurse told me to take 800 iu of vitamin E daily. not more than 1000. I could not take the vitamin E until I was done with radiation. it appears vitamin e will cure cells etc and the radiation was trying to kill them so i had to wait. I still have the tingling in my fingers but only been taking vitaminE about 2 months. if there is anything i can take or do to make it better, please let me know. I did have swelling in my ankles but that has stopped. i thought it was herceptin but it was the chemo - taxotere that has to be a great chemo cause is sure is a MEAN Medicine! lol __________________ Mammogram Sep 21, 2009 everything good and clear DX jan 19,2010 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Grade 2 Age 56 modified radical masectomy on LEFT side 29 Jan 2010 2.7 cm 18/31 nodes mets to just above collar bone ( 2 nodes showed in PET) ER- PR - / Her2 +++ (IHC) Stage 111 C ki-67 60% nottingham score 7 A/C chemo mar 22,2010 DD herceptin & taxotere DD june 1,2010 finished taxotere july 12, 2010 finished herceptin 16 May 2011 PET Scan 9 Aug 10, cancer in neck is gone! NED 33 Rads completed 1 Oct 2010 PET/CT Scan 6 Jan 2011 NED PET/CT Scan 3 Aug 2011 MUGA 59% 3/22/10 -63% 9/23/10 - 51% 1/4/11 - 55% 2/17/11 - 50% 8/3/11 26 Aug 2011 NED 20 Feb 2012 NED 5 Mar 2012 PORT OUT 12 July 2012 DIEP breast reconstruction 23 Aug 2012 NED 15 Nov 2012 new breast tweeked and natural breast uplifted and implant added 17 Feb 2013 NED 27 mar 2013 lipo suction to add fat cells to new breast in hopes for needed adjustment. "Don't spend your time worrying about when or how you are going to die, spend your time figuring out how you are going to live today". ~Elizabeth Edwards.