So far, no nausea from either injection. Yay! Symptoms only include (so far) an increase in migraines and possibly some side pain. But the migraines are likely due to overeating or "rough" food eating that both irritate my surgical region between my stomach to esophagus. When this area is irritated, I get radiating pain that overloads my head. Relief of the local throat pain also removes the migraine symptoms, so I know the two are related.
To try to solve the irritation of the throat region by "rough" foods and food getting stuck. I have scheduled a throat stretch for this Friday, March 26th. It is for 7:15 am in the morning, so I'm looking for someone who can get my kids off to school in the morning since we'll have to leave at 6:15am to make the appointment. I'll phone mom and dad to see if they can do it.
The more common symptoms of paclitaxel include:
- signs of infection / fever, chills, cough --> no symptoms yet
- Low white blood cell count --> Yes. My blood work yesterday suggested my white blood cell count is low. But was high enough to proceed with a 2nd dose of the drug. So the drug is working in my system, just luckily without the nasty side effects of my last 3 rounds of chemo drugs.
- Numbness and tingling in hands and feet --> Yes. I have this in my feet, but I've had this since the first round of chemo in the spring of 2010. It has never gone away (permanent nerve damage).
- Muscle or joint pain --> No. I'm not sure if I have this. If I do, it is in the same area as my rib displacement from July 2010's surgery. As such, it is hard to tell if it is new pain, or old tissue damage complaining.
- Nausea and vomiting --> not yet.
- Shortness of breath, flushing of face --> No. I did get short of breath from the excertion of putting out the garbage and recycling last night. But some of those containers weighted > 40 lbs so I think it is to be expected.
- Hair thinning or hair loss --> not yet.
-- Shane
Dad says he and Mom have Friday morning covered. Thanks. -- Shane
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