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Anyone allergic to paclitaxel (Taxol)?

Posted by snowflake0731 @snowflake0731, Oct 31, 2023

Has anybody experienced a severe reaction to taxol? Yesterday my husband was getting his first chemo treatment of carboplatin and taxol. Within minutes of starting the infusion of taxol he became very flushed, felt nauseous and his blood pressure spiked to 245/115. The nurse immediately stopped the infusion. They gave him a high dose of bennadryl which stopped the allergic reaction. Any suggestions as far as an alternative treatment? We meet with his oncologist on Friday.

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snowflake0731 | @snowflake0731 | Jan 23 2:09pm
In reply to @hopeful33250 "I am pleased to hear that he was able to use Folfox without too many side..." + (show)
@hopeful33250

I am pleased to hear that he was able to use Folfox without too many side effects, @snowflake0731. I hope that his scan in January will show good results from the treatment.

Will you post again and keep in touch?

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I want to share our good news my husband has been declared “cancer free”. He did well on Folfax, and had 25 radiation treatments plus eight iron infusions. I would appreciate any suggestion as far as follow-up care. He will have another CT scan in three months.

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mrgvw | @mrgvw | Jan 24 7:33am
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@snowflake0731

I want to share our good news my husband has been declared “cancer free”. He did well on Folfax, and had 25 radiation treatments plus eight iron infusions. I would appreciate any suggestion as far as follow-up care. He will have another CT scan in three months.

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What stage was he? Were these his first line treatments... Folfox and concurrent radiation... or was the radiation done after the chemo? How many Folfox treatments did he have? No esophagectomy? Isn't his oncologist still taking care of him and advising what's next? I am hopeful he is NED... but cancer free? None of us think that way... unless it's been at least 5 years. But I love the good news so far. No immunotherapy?

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snowflake0731 | @snowflake0731 | Jan 25 9:05pm

I just wanted to share our good news, I’m very aware that he’s not cancer free, I should have said no evidence of disease. Yes he has an oncologist, I wanted to hear other patients follow-up after chemo/ radiation.

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