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Becky · 03-08-2007, 06:00 PM

Hi Kriss

I had bad leg pain on Taxol. It is a side effect. It seems (to me) almost electrical. It was bad. I will say that moving around helped more than laying around but I still didn't do much. I thought (overall) that AC was worse but Taxol was no treat. I am not sure how you are doing the Taxol as I didn't look at your signature. I did Herceptin after chemo and not with the Taxol (but your bone and leg pain are from the Taxol and not Herceptin). I did taxol dense dose every 2 weeks. The pain was basically gone by the next treatment. Also, I was very allergic to the emulsifier in taxol (it is the emulsifier in it that folks are allergic to and not the taxol active) so I had benadryl IV the whole time and pills of it every 4 hours for the first 24 hours. My lips would swell and my onc gave me an epi-pen just in case so in many respects, taxol was worse for me because I worried so much about the allergic aspect. Since you did not get this the first time, it will not be a side effect.

I do feel your pain (no pun intended). Take Advil LiqCaps. They do help alot.

The pain tends to subside greatly after about 4-5 days.

Hug to you

03-08-2007, 06:00 PM	#4
Becky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stockton, NJ Posts: 4,179	Hi Kriss I had bad leg pain on Taxol. It is a side effect. It seems (to me) almost electrical. It was bad. I will say that moving around helped more than laying around but I still didn't do much. I thought (overall) that AC was worse but Taxol was no treat. I am not sure how you are doing the Taxol as I didn't look at your signature. I did Herceptin after chemo and not with the Taxol (but your bone and leg pain are from the Taxol and not Herceptin). I did taxol dense dose every 2 weeks. The pain was basically gone by the next treatment. Also, I was very allergic to the emulsifier in taxol (it is the emulsifier in it that folks are allergic to and not the taxol active) so I had benadryl IV the whole time and pills of it every 4 hours for the first 24 hours. My lips would swell and my onc gave me an epi-pen just in case so in many respects, taxol was worse for me because I worried so much about the allergic aspect. Since you did not get this the first time, it will not be a side effect. I do feel your pain (no pun intended). Take Advil LiqCaps. They do help alot. The pain tends to subside greatly after about 4-5 days. Hug to you __________________ Kind regards Becky Found lump via BSE Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45 1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side) 2 micromets to sentinel node Stage 2A left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg lumpectomies 9/7/04 4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol Used Leukine instead of Neulasta 35 rads on right side only 4/05 started Tamoxifen Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations Oophorectomy 8/05 Started Arimidex 9/05 Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06 Arimidex Only Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia NED 18 years! Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"