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ddon
6 years agoMember
AC affecting the heart?
I know long term chemo can affect the heart but has anyone felt it during treatment? I have had one session and my resting heart rate has gone up 20 bpm and hasn’t come down. I was so nauseated and ti...
shs14
6 years agoMember
@ddon, the only study on cold therapy I can source is Japanese, listed in the post. It strongly shows that cold therapy does minimise the effects of Peripheral Neuropathy in Paclitaxel regimes. Patients used cold therapy on one side and not the other and the differences were notable. There seems a lot of ignorance around cold therapy and I am currently writing to my hospital, with the support of Oncologist, Breast Surgeon, Radiation Oncologist and Chemo Nurse Educator to promote its use in our Day Therapy unit.