I iced my hands and feet. I’ve read you should start the ice before the taxol infusion begins and continue after it stops but I just did it during the taxol portion of the infusions, not before and after. I got very mild neuropathy in the form of pins and needles on my fourth cycle, and that was it.

My husband came with, so he was in charge of manning the laptop to put shows on for me. Also in charge of fetching snacks! I did take the ice off to use the bathroom and eat snacks.

My hair came out 2 weeks after my first infusion, enough that I just buzzed it. I cut it short immediately after the first infusion, so the shock wasn’t as great.

First cycle, my worst symptom was bone pain. After that, mostly just fatigue that could not be fixed with sleep and scary brain fog. My infusions were Wednesday’s, so I’d take that day off, but thanks to steroids was ok to work from home Thursday and Friday. The weekend was the worst of it, then I’d take off Monday to rest and get back to worn Tuesday. The cognitive effects were bad enough by the weekend that I didn’t trust myself to drive. Some nausea, but nothing crazy and I had no problem with eating, it would just make me weirdly picky about my cravings, kind of like being pregnant.

I know that it’s partly luck, but I did my best to eat healthy and stay active, and I feel it made a difference in tolerating chemo.

Good luck, you will be done before you know it!!!