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Anxiety and neuropathy
I have developed neuropathy in my feet post chemo with burning and pain in my calves and bubbling sensations in my feet. This is making me really anxious and I've been having trouble calming myself do...
Hi @Tangogirl I developed neuropathy in my legs three weeks post chemo. I didn’t know what it was! The pain was so excruciating I couldn’t lay down, sit or stand. I would pace the floor in the middle of the night for three hours until exhaustion took over. None of my doctors or BC nurse knew what was causing the pain. I started taking Ibuprofen which helped a lot. They refused to let me see my own onco on my next visit but I knew I needed to speak to her about the pain. I simply told my BC nurse I would wait a fortnight until my onco could fit me in and in the meantime I would continue taking regular three hourly Ibuprofen. After she had a fit and said I wasn’t allowed Ibuprofen, I simply smiled and told her I would take whatever eases the pain. I surprisingly got into my own onco that afternoon who then diagnosed the neuropathy and put me on Endone.