Neuropathy - Nobody told me
I am really struggling at the moment. Had chemo # 3 last Friday, and started experiencing numbness and tingling in my fingertips and toes and huge pain in my legs. My ears are also hurting (have be...
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Joey I had ice mitts whilst i was having the chemo. It is suppose to stop the chemical going all the way to your finger tips. I absolutely hate the cold. Could not stand having my whole hands in thefreezing ice cold mitt. So i just put my finger tips in. Talk to your nurse or oncologist about this. My finger tips are slightly sensitive to heat but no where newar as bad as they would have been if i hadnt used the ice mitts. I believe this is used for only some of the drugs given in breast cancer chemotherapy.
All the best.
Maria333