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Ice gloves - ideas needed please
Hello ladies,
I am starting chemo next week. AC (4x every fortnight) and then Taxol (12x weekly).
I have been using the search and came across posts shared by @shs14 and @poodlejules about ice gloves during chemo for PN preventative measures. Have literally just placed orders to purchase socks for the feet and plan to DIY with fingers ( using ice cubes and plastic container).
Unfortunately, the socks will not arrived in time for my first Chemo next week.
Can anyone please help me with what other feasible DIY ideas are there for the feet.
I am starting chemo next week. AC (4x every fortnight) and then Taxol (12x weekly).
I have been using the search and came across posts shared by @shs14 and @poodlejules about ice gloves during chemo for PN preventative measures. Have literally just placed orders to purchase socks for the feet and plan to DIY with fingers ( using ice cubes and plastic container).
Unfortunately, the socks will not arrived in time for my first Chemo next week.
Can anyone please help me with what other feasible DIY ideas are there for the feet.
P.s. I spoke to the oncologist nurse and she said it isn’t ‘standard of care’, 😭 and no evidence it works. But if I don’t do it, I will totally regret not even trying taking preventive measures.
once again, thank you in advance!
once again, thank you in advance!
xx
Gin
Gin
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- Hi @shs14, saw your message in my inbox, will revert separately
thought I shared the latest updates to share with everyone.
I asked my medical oncologist and he says symptoms develop with Taxols. But guess what?! I have started developing systems 3rd/4 day after my first AC chemo… I plan to start icing for my next treatment! - I had a friend who had symptoms in AC, started icing and the symptoms went.
So we are all different and she was the proof to me that this method works.
@GinGin I've direct messaged you about your questions. - @Afraser, think you are spot on!
- @Locksley, thank you for confirming 😊
- @GinGin I'm pretty sure I did it for the weekly taxol sessions.
- For what it’s worth I got PN when I was half way through Taxol. No symptoms during three months of A/C. My understanding was that the taxane group (Paclitaxel and Docetaxel) are more likely to trigger PN.
- Hey @Locksley, thank you for writing to me.
Out of interest , did you start icing when you had AC treatment or during the second drug Taxol treatment. Reason I asked because we purchased ice cubes, esky, 2 plastic jugs, purchased ice packs ( for feet) - preparing for the whole show lol. When I and my hubby arrived at the hospital, the nurse told me it is beneficial when on Taxol. She told me AC doesn’t cause PN but was supportive if I still want to go ahead.
I am seeing my medical oncologist next week and hopefully will get some straight answers ….😳 - Hi @gingin I had the same chemo treatment as you. I used two pairs of the blue gloves the nurses wear on each hand and i took 2 plastic jugs from $2 shop into hospital that we filled with ice cubes. I left my hands in the ice jugs for most of the time.
Each chemo session the nurses were supportive of me doing this.
I had a friend loan me her fabric socks that we put freezer blocks in for my feet. I was cold.
My feet were not totally covered but I honestly feel this treatment saved me from PN in my hands. I did have some in my feet but I feel it would have been a lot worse if I didn't do this treatment. - Thank you for the tips, @jennyss. 😘.
- My ice mitts treatment at home was 'overall' the whole hand and foot, not just fingers and toes.
I must add; many people undergoing chemo have very few side-effects. I hope you are a lucky one! Another tip: keep a diary, maybe in an exercise book, of all your side effects and questions. I found this helped greatly in talking with nurses and doctors.
