Anyone Allergic to cancer med(s)?

My first reaction to your post is that it could be an allergic reaction to something you may have eaten recently that you don't usually eat. Anything you can think of in that regard...even a change in personal habits, however slight. Im hesitant to recommend a fast, as it could weaken you. But you may want to experiment with that. Most allergic reactions that pop up like yours have "simple" explanation, but a hidden one. I say that totally from intuition and from a quickening sense. So be cautious. If it was me I would go on a 24 hour fast drinking only water, and breaking it with juices only, for the next 12-24 hours. During this time continue with the medicines you have been taking including the tylenol. Good luck in what ever you do or do not do for this situation. Do not take chances with chills. get you to the ER if they persist. A year ago a came down with chills so bad I could hardly breathe. My wife insisted on an ambulance ride to ER at 2am...remained at the hospital for 3 more notes with an antibiotic resistant infection of the urinary tract...picked up in the ocean from an open wound on the reef.

Dear Break60,

Another aspect to allergic reactions to cancer medications, in regard to your post ...

When I had my first infusion of Taxotere for chemo treatments, everything went without a hitch ... seamless ...
smooth sailing ...

Without warning, within minutes of starting the SECOND Taxotere treatment three weeks later, something went terribly awry ... I felt a burning sensation going up my chest, I got very short of breath, had trouble speaking, and turned redder than a beet ... a SEVERE allergic reaction ...

My chemo nurse alerted my oncologist and he came RUNNING into the infusion room, with a full team of nurses ... it almost looked like an episode from a medical show ... they realized at once that it was a true emergency situation, I was getting short of breath ... and definitely going into a full allergic reaction. Very unexpected, since the first treatment went perfectly !

They got the infusion stopped immediately ... they pumped me full of some liquid "Benedryl cocktail" ... and waited for the allergic reaction to subside ... all of them gathered around me ... in those moments, I fully expected to hear that I wouldn't be able to continue chemotherapy treatments because of what happened ... instead, after giving me the anti-allergy infusion, they slowly reintroduced the Taxotere infusion --- my oncologist and the team of nurses hovered over me for the rest of the afternoon, watching the infusion, drip-by-drip-by-drip ...

All went well from then on ... I even went out to a restaurant late that same night ... and felt as if nothing had happened. But at that moment, it was a severe situation ...

From then on, I always had to have an extra infusion of the "Benedryl cocktail" along with the usual steroids and anti-nausea infusions before each subsequent chemo treatment --- and this is what carried me through the rest of all the treatments ---

Miraculously, my side effects during all the treatments were very mild --- so I know I was fortunate. I did ask why I had such a severe allergic reaction on the second infusion, and not the first infusion ... my oncologist told me that these allergic reactions are VERY rare ... and in my case, my body didn't "recognize" the first chemo treatment and so my body tolerated it with no allergic reaction --- but by the second treatment, my body did "recognize" the Taxotere and that's what caused the allergic reaction ...

My oncologist and the nurses still remember "that day" whenever they see me ... and I lived to tell the tale, I guess !

Just a story to share to add to your post,
Iowa State "Cyclone"