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Peripheral neuropathy
hi
I am 5 doses down of paclitaxal / carboplatin with 7 doses to go. I have started to get numbness and pain in both feet (one worse than the other). Chemo nurses not concerned as yet. Any suggesti...
Hi Jodie
I got peripheral neuropathy quite badly, particularly in my feet, so worth doing anything you can to minimize the impact. Iced water is often recommended but my oncologist also recommended (rather late in the piece) Vitamin B. May have been entirely coincidental, but the symptoms stopped developing almost straight away (I had a lot of pain in my toes and was starting to get quite worried about affecting my walking) and I started a slow recovery. Check of course with your oncologist but Vitamin B may be unlikely to have any negative effect, and is simply to take daily.
Very high heels will never be part of my wardrobe again, but otherwise my feet are fine, so keep your chin up!
Good luck.