I had my second oxaliplatin infusion on Monday and had a reaction to it has anybody had a reaction in the past and carried on with the treatment and been fine. I'm feeling anxious that it doesn't happen again . Hope anybody can help xx
A very warm welcome to our forum. I am sorry to hear that you have had a reaction to your oxaliplatin infusion. If you use the search engine on the blue banner at the top of this page and insert ‘oxaliplatin infusion’, it will bring up previous posts on this topic. I hope that you will get a bit more confidence to continue treatment when you read some of these posts.
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I'm sorry to hear that you experienced a reaction from your second oxaliplatin infusion and I can appreciate why you are anxious about what is come the next time you have the treatment.
I had a look around and found some information on our website about oxaliplatin that might be helpful, to read more just click on this link.
Our friendly team of cancer nurses are just a phone call away if you feel that chatting with someone medically trained might help. You can reach them via this telephone number 0808 800 4040, Monday - Friday between 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
I hope this helps, Dawnx, and that your next treatment goes more smoothly. Come back and keep us posted on how you are getting on.
