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Wren20
8 years agoMember
Neuralgia.....numbness hands & feet
Hi all. Just wondering what others have done about the numbness of hands/feet due to Taxol treatments please ? I have just had Round 9/12 treatments and the past week & a half I have been experienci...
AllyJay
8 years agoMember
Hi there @Wren20 ...I also have had severe peripheral neuropathy in feet and hands. Finished taxol a year ago, and I have learned to live with it. I told my onco I'd rather go into my coffin later with velcro, rather than earlier with buttons and stuck it through. I'm an avid knitter, and although I have severely swollen and stiff jointed fingers due to an autoimmune disease, as well as the numbness from the neuropathy, I still enjoy my knitting. Get through about ten 100g balls of yarn a month.