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Wateru eyes

Jean T. Szabo
Jean T. Szabo CSN Member Posts: 193
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
My eyes don't stop watering, nose is running. Don't use my glasses ... they seem to irritate the area around the nose and face where they sit. Anyone else have the watery eye problem?
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  • mollyz
    mollyz CSN Member Posts: 756 Member
    #2
    glasses
    Yes I can't wear my new glasses they bother me and my eyes water ,nose is runny.I'm on taxotere bad taste in mouth but it's better than what i was on this summer the red devil was the worst. MollyZ
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  • Rague
    Rague CSN Member Posts: 3,653 Member
    #3
    On A/C, my eyes and nose ran
    On A/C, my eyes and nose ran like they were spigots turned on. OTC moisturing eye drops worked great. There was one that seemed to work better than the others but don't remember which it was. I thought that I still had it in the med cabinet but checked and it's not there. (Should have been thrown out anyway as it's been more than a year since I used it.)

    Susan
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  • linpsu
    linpsu CSN Member Posts: 747
    #4
    Yes
    Jean - my eyes were very watery and were often glued shut when I woke up in the morning. I thought I had pink-eye but came to learn that it was a result of the chemo (A/C and Taxol). I read on here that the drippy nose was because there are no longer any hairs in our noses to keep the mucous inside the nose, so it all dripped out. Made perfect sense. Too bad the doctors never told us that.
    Linda
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  • Heatherbelle
    Heatherbelle CSN Member Posts: 1,226 Member
    #5
    pretty common
    My eyes and nose were watery & runny the whole time I was on AC. Over the counter allergy eye drops worked ok for me, since I still don't have any nose hairs my nose is still running constantly! It's a pretty common side effect, and my eye problems got better when I stopped having AC chemo.
    *hugs*
    Heather
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  • meena1
    meena1 CSN Member Posts: 1,003
    #6
    Heatherbelle said:

    pretty common
    My eyes and nose were watery & runny the whole time I was on AC. Over the counter allergy eye drops worked ok for me, since I still don't have any nose hairs my nose is still running constantly! It's a pretty common side effect, and my eye problems got better when I stopped having AC chemo.
    *hugs*
    Heather

    i have watery eyes also, i
    i have watery eyes also, i thought it may be because i have no eyelashes. I am on carbo/taxotere.
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  • carkris
    carkris CSN Member Posts: 4,553 Member
    #7
    meena1 said:

    i have watery eyes also, i
    i have watery eyes also, i thought it may be because i have no eyelashes. I am on carbo/taxotere.

    watery eyes are improved
    watery eyes are improved with moisturizing eye drops. seems that it should be the opposite but it may have something to do with over production. It really helped me to use the eye drops.
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  • joannstar
    joannstar CSN Member Posts: 403 Member
    #8
    Me too
    I'm on C-T and also have watering eyes and a runny nose. My eyes also get blurry and I have trouble focusing when I read. I notice that rooms seem darker with the same lighting as before.
    I hope that this clears up after the 3 remaining treatments.
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  • mwallace1325
    mwallace1325 CSN Member Posts: 806
    #9
    Mine did it
    during taxol, for almost the whole treatment time. Believe it our not, they're actually dry and eye drops will help. I had to see an opthamologist and after tests that was his determination and surprisingly it worked.

    Hope this helps.

    marge
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  • Rague
    Rague CSN Member Posts: 3,653 Member
    #10
    Forgot to add -
    When my eyes quite flowing with the moisturizing drops - nose quit pouring.

    Susan
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  • jessiesmom1
    jessiesmom1 CSN Member Posts: 915 Member
    #11
    Rague said:

    Forgot to add -
    When my eyes quite flowing with the moisturizing drops - nose quit pouring.

    Susan

    Watery like a faucet
    That is how I describe the ongoing problem with my eyes. I had 4 rounds of A/C and 12 rounds of Taxotere. My last chemo was on August 4th. My eyes water unless I am sleeping. I finally went to an opthamologist to see if there was anything really wrong with my eyes. He assured me that this was a "well known side effect of Taxotere." He did, however, give me a prescription for some eye drops - Lotemax. Well, I must say that they have done no good whatsoever. I will go back for a recheck and see what he has to say. Hopefully this problem will go away eventually.
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  • JuJu54
    JuJu54 CSN Member Posts: 8
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    My eyes watered and my nose
    My eyes watered and my nose ran non stop through my chemo - 4 A/C and 12 Taxol. I too went to the eye doctor to make sure I didn't have a blocked tear duct or something. It is 6 weeks now since my last Taxol and the watery eyes have improved, but still have the runny nose! I have a tissue in my hand at all times! Hopefully that will stop too once the hair in my nose grows back.
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