Even though the Taxol portion of my chemotherapy ended two Fridays ago, the last few treatments of Taxol took quite a toll on my body, especially on my fingers and toes. It still feels like the drug is working from the inside out, scraping away at my insides and has finally reached the nerve endings just below the surface of my skin in my fingers and toes. Without pain meds (or when they’re wearing off), it feels like pins are sticking into the tips of my fingers and toes and underneath my fingernails, and because of this each time I inadvertently hit my hand or foot against a hard surface, the sharp pain that follows stops me cold.
I'm In Pain
I'm In Pain
I'm In Pain
Even though the Taxol portion of my chemotherapy ended two Fridays ago, the last few treatments of Taxol took quite a toll on my body, especially on my fingers and toes. It still feels like the drug is working from the inside out, scraping away at my insides and has finally reached the nerve endings just below the surface of my skin in my fingers and toes. Without pain meds (or when they’re wearing off), it feels like pins are sticking into the tips of my fingers and toes and underneath my fingernails, and because of this each time I inadvertently hit my hand or foot against a hard surface, the sharp pain that follows stops me cold.