vision problems with carboplatin

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pie
pie Member Posts: 19
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
My oncologist has suggested that I take taxotere and carboplatin for my chemotherapy treatment. In reading about the side effects, I found that carboplatin can cause vision problems. Anyone have these problems? Did they reverse themselves?

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  • carkris
    carkris Member Posts: 4,553 Member
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    I did not have carboplatin
    I did not have carboplatin but my near vision did change on ACT. I had to have my prescription change. Ihad some brief neuropathy in my eyes from the taxol, but that went away quickly thank goodness.
  • Cat64
    Cat64 Member Posts: 1,192
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    Pie
    They are both very strong Chemo drugs, & to me effective. I did 6 rounds of it along with Herceptin. It is helpful to read & ask about the drugs you will be taking, however, no one can say which, if any side effects you will have. Please try not to stress yourself out too much over the "what-if's". I did have some blurred vision off & on. I'm now 3 months chemo free & it seems to be getting back to normal. Hope that helps.
    ♥ Cat
  • jo jo
    jo jo Member Posts: 1,175
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    Cat64 said:

    Pie
    They are both very strong Chemo drugs, & to me effective. I did 6 rounds of it along with Herceptin. It is helpful to read & ask about the drugs you will be taking, however, no one can say which, if any side effects you will have. Please try not to stress yourself out too much over the "what-if's". I did have some blurred vision off & on. I'm now 3 months chemo free & it seems to be getting back to normal. Hope that helps.
    ♥ Cat

    I agree with cat...dont
    I agree with cat...dont stress yourself out on the what ifs.
    I have been out of chemo for 4 months and my blurry vision has decreased alot but not totally gone yet.
  • carkris
    carkris Member Posts: 4,553 Member
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    Cat64 said:

    Pie
    They are both very strong Chemo drugs, & to me effective. I did 6 rounds of it along with Herceptin. It is helpful to read & ask about the drugs you will be taking, however, no one can say which, if any side effects you will have. Please try not to stress yourself out too much over the "what-if's". I did have some blurred vision off & on. I'm now 3 months chemo free & it seems to be getting back to normal. Hope that helps.
    ♥ Cat

    Cat is right. I just post as
    Cat is right. I just post as my onc likes to think nothing is caused by chemo. and I felt like a freak. or as I posted here "a chemo failure" , I got some s/e and not not others everyone is different. the blurry vision is sometimes from dry eyes and OTC drops fixed that.
  • heidijez
    heidijez Member Posts: 441
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    some days my vision is
    some days my vision is blurry . . . but there are many days when i don't need my glasses which never happened before chemo. so one never knows what side effects will hit us. i also had major problems with my nails on my first round of chemo - but now i have beautiful long strong nails like i have never in my life had before! i only hope that once the hair grows in the nails don't go, since they both use the same stuff to grow!

    no need to worry in advance about side effects. . . they do go away after we are through with chemo.
  • JanInMN
    JanInMN Member Posts: 149
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    I had the same cocktail as
    I had the same cocktail as your Onc suggests, and I had minor vision problems, but nothing severe. I needed to use stronger glasses to read, and I would see "stars" when I looked up in a bright blue sky. I got stronger glasses and didn't look up into the bright blue sky without sunglasses (so I wouldn't worry :-) ). It all got better when I was done. My eyes are back to normal for reading, and the stars are much improved. Good luck!
    Hugs!
    jan
  • VickiSam
    VickiSam Member Posts: 9,079 Member
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    JanInMN said:

    I had the same cocktail as
    I had the same cocktail as your Onc suggests, and I had minor vision problems, but nothing severe. I needed to use stronger glasses to read, and I would see "stars" when I looked up in a bright blue sky. I got stronger glasses and didn't look up into the bright blue sky without sunglasses (so I wouldn't worry :-) ). It all got better when I was done. My eyes are back to normal for reading, and the stars are much improved. Good luck!
    Hugs!
    jan

    JaninMN .. I agree with you .. same chemo cocktail
    same experience. However, my eyes continue to drip (I'm still on Herceptin), and I use my reading glasses more often.


    Strength and Courage :-D


    Vicki Sam
  • smalldoggroomer
    smalldoggroomer Member Posts: 1,184
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    I'm on both these drugs and
    I'm on both these drugs and I have found that the only time my vision was blurry was when I had dry eyes. I used drops and my sight is fine. I am half way through 6 rounds. Hope all goes well for you take care Kay
  • JanInMN
    JanInMN Member Posts: 149
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    VickiSam said:

    JaninMN .. I agree with you .. same chemo cocktail
    same experience. However, my eyes continue to drip (I'm still on Herceptin), and I use my reading glasses more often.


    Strength and Courage :-D


    Vicki Sam

    My nose drips on Herceptin
    My nose drips on Herceptin :-)

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