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Cold therapy for paclitaxel
Hi ladies, I’ve been recently diagnosed with triple negative invasive ductal carcinoma, grade 3 with lymph node involvement. I’ve been doing ok-ish, lots of ups and downs since I got the news 2 weeks...
Do ring and ask about cold therapy at your oncology site , as specil gear may not be available and you’ll have to make own arrangements as suggested by Afraser.
I had taxcel x 12 doses about 12 months ago and about treatment 8 started getting numb toes from PN - hands had tingling but not as affected as feet. oncologist then amended dose to 75% x 3 , then last dose 50%. Whilst I have still,ended up with numb toes , PN isn’t as bad as what it could have been because of amended dosage.Discuss that approach with your oncologist and see if it suits .
‘Not everyone gets the PN .
whilst the goal is always to finish ones chemo treatments , quality of,life and side effects may mean variation required . I still managed to get almost total tumour regression at surgery although dosage amended down .
‘Not everyone gets the PN .
whilst the goal is always to finish ones chemo treatments , quality of,life and side effects may mean variation required . I still managed to get almost total tumour regression at surgery although dosage amended down .