Taxotere and problems?

[Beth H]

I had my 4th chemo last Tuesday. It was taxotere. Everything went well untill Friday and I started to feel very weak. Slept terribly and Saturday woke up to joint pain, muscle pain and no strenght. Everytime I went to get up I thought I was going to faint. By noon I called the cancer clinic and spoke to the oncologist on call. She advised that I go to the closest emerg and get my blood pressure taken and my blood work done. My husband drove me there and wheel chaired me into the nurse. She took my blood pressure and it was low, but I'm usually low and was not to concerned. I told her that all I wanted to do was lie down, she had my husband register me and she wheeled me into a room. Before I could get out of the chair, I got very hot, took off my hat and don't remember the rest. I had waken up and had thrown up all over myself. Two nurses were there and they informed me that I had a seizure. I have never had a seizure before and I thought this must be from the chemo. They have advised me that this is not a side effect from chemo. They did a CT scan and my blood work and everything has came back normal. I now have to see a specialist in May for the siezure. Has anyone experienced anything like this? I'm still tired from the chemo and have thrush in my mouth, then got a yeast infection to boot. Just want to get feeling better.
Thanks for letting me vent....I was almost ready to say no more to the chemo, but as I get feeling better I know that it is what is best at the moment.
Have a good night.

Beth

[pattyz]

Hi Beth,

I hope you'll get some good feedback on your current questions and horrific experience..

Are you getting a Neulasta shot the day after your treatment? Sometimes that can cause pain.

The seizure, if it was one, sounds pretty frightening, though. Maybe a baseline brain MRi would be a sensible idea?

In all honestly, I don't know why you are being given another chemo at this point, with radiation in your future, too. If the Taxotere is really 'neccessary', Herceptin in combination NOW would be better than by itself down the line.

Taxotere: It can cause lots of side effects! The chemo taste in mouth lasted nearly three months for my partner. His taste for food was better in less time, around a month post treatment.

Perhaps, a lowered dose given weekly or every two weeks would be an option for you? It never hurts to ask.

I truly hope you will be feeling better overall at the soonest!
xopattyz

[juanita]

I'm so sorry for what you're going through. Hopefully things get better for you soon. You'll be in my prayers.

[janet11]

I was on TCH. When I had my 5th treatment, I nearly passed out several times a few days later. Turns out my blood pressure was very low. FYI: I was on bp meds for high blood pressure (and had been for a couple years).

I was told to go to my PCP before they'd continue chemo. I did, and he took me off my bp meds. Within a day, my bp was ok again, so I continued the chemo. FYI: I didn't go back on bp meds until 6 months after chemo ended. I was FINE during that time.

My onc didn't know why this happened either. But strange things do happen to bodies when you put all this stuff in it.