We were particularly concerned about this issue because
my mother is a polio survivor (polio is also neurotoxic).
We found a great neurologist in San Francisco (Dr. Miller
at CPMC) who said that the polio and the Taxol work on
different systems (motor vs. sensory nerves), but to
expect that some amount of peripheral neuropathy from
Taxol might be permanent.
My mom finished her treatment three or four months ago,
and her hands and fingers have stopped being numb, but
her toes are still somewhat numb.
If you want to read scientific papers on the subject, I can
suggest going to PubMed and looking up the review
article by Nowak (search for "taxanes" and "Nowak"). You
might also be interested in my discussion of the subject at
www.breastcancerdecisions.org . It discusses the pluses
and minuses of Taxol in general, not just the neuropathy
issue.
Good luck.