Well in the end I haven't got off scotfree with the paclitaxel. I felt decent on the Friday after and I thought maybe just maybe I would be one of those lucky anomalies that would sail through! The first side effect was a flushed face on Friday afternoon, but that went away by Saturday. I gave myself the neulasta shot on Friday around 3pm, and the bone and muscle pain started with a vengeance Saturday morning. I can't really describe it other than it is similar to a flu achiness but more intense, throbbing and relentless. I took regular Tylenol Saturday but by Sunday and with no end in sight I went to get the Tylenol 3 prescription filled. Those did help a bit more but honestly it felt like nothing would alleviate the pain. Luckily by Monday the pain was fading and I don't have any today. Today I am just super fatigued, and don't feel like doing much of anything. I know the fatigue is cumulative so I just have to try to do my best. I've had some tingling in my feet and hands but it has been fleeting so far.
38 days from now is my last chemo. So a week or two after that, I can say goodbye to all the horrendous side effects, and be on my way to true recovery and surgery. It really isn't that far away. I know I can do it. This is after all just a bump in the road and a small blip in order for me to live another 40 years.
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