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 glov...
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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.
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.