I woke up at 2:30 this morning and couldn't go back to sleep. I finally got up at 4:30 and got on the computer. I had read in a book yesterday where the author had said he was against chemotherapy and that other treatments should be sought out first. I had felt that I didn't have enough time to research alternative treatments because my cancer was so aggressive (Bloom Richardson scale of 9 out of 9, with cells dividing approximiately every 40 days). The doctor had told me side effects of Taxol would be the possibility of neuropathy (numbness in hands and feet), and joint pain, which typically gets restored after the end of chemotherapy.
I did a little research on Taxol this morning, and all I can ask myself is WHAT AM I DOING TAKING THIS DRUG? There are women my age who complain that the neuropathy and the joint pain never go away and that in their 40's they walk like they are in their 90's. Here is the site I read this morning: http://www.askapatient.com/viewrating.asp?drug=20262&name=TAXOL
It's research time! I want to be active, not crippled.
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