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@greatgrandma2025
I'm sorry to hear that you had a bad experience with the radiation.
I'm glad you got a second opinion which thus far I have been reluctant to do. I really trust my gynecologic oncologist and feel he listens to me even though he might think I'm making a mistake if I elect no further treatment.
The medical oncologist is very efficient but an entirely different demeanor. I feel like she's ordering me to treatment and not hearing what I'm telling her as though my concerns aren't important.

Paclitaxel (taxol) and carboplatin for 6 cycles.

It took three tries to get an IV inserted. Then within minutes of the infusion of Taxol, had an allergic reaction and thought I
was going to have a heart attack. Taxol stopped and Benadryl administered which stopped the reaction.

Took me almost two hours to decide what to do. The doctor called after an hour and just seemed to want to press me to take an anti anxiety med so I would sleep through it and wanted a decision. I told her I needed more time to process everything and make my own decision. She didn't sound pleased.
Eventually everything worked out.
So now starting to experience the side effects and hoping they're mild.
Thank you for reaching out.

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@mtstack
Hi,
I had a bad reaction to pac/carb too. My back went rigid with excruciating pain. Oncologist reduced the dosage and administered it slowly, which seemed to work. For the following treatments he used the nab- form of the chemo, which doesn't have the carrier - a derivative of the yew tree (I think)-which is what I reacted to. That worked.