Taxol Building Up

I thought all 12 weeks of Taxol would be the same. I finished round 6 today. Last week I felt a lot more tired, mostly on Thursday and Friday.  I had a bit of numbness in my feet and a little numbness and tingling in my neck and face.  After chemo today, my pinky toes are feeling pretty numb. Actually a few of my toes. I'll have to talk to my doctor next week. If they go ahead as planned, it can cause permanent nerve damage. I don't know if they'll decide to lower the dose or skip a week or just plow through. We'll see. 

During chemo today, I asked the nurse about the side effects. She said it's most likely the accumulation over the last several weeks. I guess that means it might get worse (fatigue and nerve problems) as I go through the next 6 weeks. At least it isn't nausea! Oh actually, I did have a bit of nausea last week and had to take zofran. 

Let's cross our fingers that the next 2 weeks are easier. My 16 year old got an exchange student from Belgium for us to take for a week! He gets here on Friday (I have to be at the airport at 11:00 pm to get him) and he leaves super early the next Friday. We need to be able to drive them around a bit and show them some things around Utah. Hopefully I'll be up for it. Hopefully his group will keep him pretty busy.