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Anyone tried Cold Therapy to prevent neuropathy in Taxol Chemo
Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with Her2 positive BC in April. I have been having AC dose dense chemo for the past six weeks (3 x 2 weeks) and have my last one on Thursday. I've tolerated it well which...
Hi @Gavroche,
My pleasure.
I feel a little bit of a bore banging on about it here so much but if it can help others avoid bad neuropathy symptoms and finish treatment I'm happy. One day I think it will be standard care.
I would do the ice bowl method as I've shown above if it were me. After 12 weeks that seemed the best and easiest and also because you can take your hands out briefly if necessary. Helps you to regulate the cold on your hands too.
The thing that I would think socks wouldn't work for is your thumbs. Because they are at an angle to the rest of the fingers its hard to keep them covered both sides.
Good luck with it!
Happy to answer any questions.
My pleasure.
I feel a little bit of a bore banging on about it here so much but if it can help others avoid bad neuropathy symptoms and finish treatment I'm happy. One day I think it will be standard care.
I would do the ice bowl method as I've shown above if it were me. After 12 weeks that seemed the best and easiest and also because you can take your hands out briefly if necessary. Helps you to regulate the cold on your hands too.
The thing that I would think socks wouldn't work for is your thumbs. Because they are at an angle to the rest of the fingers its hard to keep them covered both sides.
Good luck with it!
Happy to answer any questions.