Is it Neuropathy or not??
What I think of as my neuropathy started in the 2nd lot of chemo I had - dox and hercepton. It was quite fascinating, feelings like butterflys running down my arms, up my legs, across my back and che...
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When my peripheral neuropathy first started, I had very similar symptoms. The goosebumps thing I described as feeling like the old "a goose walked over my grave" feeling. I'd suddenly have that sensation of goosebumps as well as a feeling as if a hundred millipedes with all their little legs, were crawling on me. My feet and lower legs felt as if I had put on knee length socks which had a local anaesthetic in them. The skin felt numb, but I could feel it if I pricked myself. When walking, it felt as if I had two of those fat car washing sponges strapped to my feet like thongs. Spongy. The centre of my lips and the tip of my tongue also went numb and tingly. I also had the weirdest feeling on my "undercarriage". It felt as if I had a piece of loo paper stuck between my bum cheeks and that it was tickling my bottom. I also had some confusion as to if I was just going to fart, but then ended up with a bit more than I bargained for. (Very embarrassing). My fingers went numb too. There has been a little improvement after finishing the taxol about five months ago...hopefully it will continue to improve.