Reaction during chemotherapy

[sunnysprklng]

My mother got allergic reaction to carboplatin during 3rd cycle of recurrent ovarian cancer, she felt short breathing, pain of throat and confusion, swelling.

During 2 nd cycle of chemo she developed mild reaction, but this time she developed severe reactions, just about 30 ml of carboplatin was left and discarded.

[Katmal-UK]

Hi, sorry to hear about your mum. Im surprised theycontinued with carbo and yr mum wasnt changedti cisplatin. I had a severe stage 3 anaphalactic shock on my third cycle for a second recurrence and can no longer have carbo. xx Kathy xx

[Popmil]

Hi so sorry to hear that I also had allergic reaction & the only way I could have it was through a filtered line & at the slowest setting possible. Took hours but thankfully it worked. Hope this helps. Sending positive thoughts to you all xx

[sunnysprklng in reply to Popmil]

Thanks for your thoughts, the infusion was very fast, my mom always wants to finish it fast you know, was fast infusion caused it ?

[Popmil in reply to sunnysprklng]

Yes it was, whenever they put it through quickly I had a reaction. I know mum wants it to go through quickly but it’s the body’s way of saying no. I had 2 really bad reactions & both times it was going through fast. I had it written on my notes that it had to go through at the slowest speed, sometimes it could take up to 7 hours but I’ve been in remission for almost 2 years & was told I had 80% chance of it coming back. That has now gone done to 20% so try to bare with it xxx