Neuropathy in feet - any advice? TNBC
Hi everyone I've TNBC and am 6 treatments down with the first Carbo/Taxel/immunotherapy regime. For part of my infusions, they put cold gloves on my hands to reduce the risk of neuropathy there, b...
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@byo_boy George, thanks for your response. This breast cancer journey really does raise lots of questions, but I'm so glad we have this forum to share thoughts.
In my case, the cold gloves were offered from day 1 infusion and explained to me as being a way of stopping the chemo drugs during the treatment (actually restricting the drugs going to those extremities - bit like a cold cap they can use for stopping you losing your hair). In hindsight it does seem odd they didn't offer it for the feet and only the hands. For me, the hands have been fine and I hope that means the cold gloves have been doing the trick. I only wear them 15 mins before the particular drug and afterwards. I hadn't thought of wearing them outside of the infusion and from reading up on neuropathy, the cold gloves in those circumstances are more alleviating the pain, not stopping the chemo drugs. I could be wrong!
I found it hard to simply go online and buy something from Australia for feet only, so have ended up ordering this set from the US and am still awaiting its arrival: https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B0BVKKMW7D/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1
I was able to buy a set of just cold socks from Australia and they have arrived and I'll try them out tomorrow at chemo- here is that stockist: https://auroradirect.com.au/collections/ice-cold
I'm really hoping it helps stop any progression of the neuropathy in my feet. I'll also be speaking with my oncologist about it tomorrow before chemo. I've also been on YouTube looking up exercises to help the circulation in the feet now that neuropathy has started - but of course it says "don't overdo the exercises, because it might overactivate the nerves" - arrgghh!! How much is too much??
Thanks for making me smile with the tapdancing comment - I have 2 left feet for dancing already :smile:
Will keep you posted on progress and advice. Kathy
In my case, the cold gloves were offered from day 1 infusion and explained to me as being a way of stopping the chemo drugs during the treatment (actually restricting the drugs going to those extremities - bit like a cold cap they can use for stopping you losing your hair). In hindsight it does seem odd they didn't offer it for the feet and only the hands. For me, the hands have been fine and I hope that means the cold gloves have been doing the trick. I only wear them 15 mins before the particular drug and afterwards. I hadn't thought of wearing them outside of the infusion and from reading up on neuropathy, the cold gloves in those circumstances are more alleviating the pain, not stopping the chemo drugs. I could be wrong!
I found it hard to simply go online and buy something from Australia for feet only, so have ended up ordering this set from the US and am still awaiting its arrival: https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B0BVKKMW7D/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1
I was able to buy a set of just cold socks from Australia and they have arrived and I'll try them out tomorrow at chemo- here is that stockist: https://auroradirect.com.au/collections/ice-cold
I'm really hoping it helps stop any progression of the neuropathy in my feet. I'll also be speaking with my oncologist about it tomorrow before chemo. I've also been on YouTube looking up exercises to help the circulation in the feet now that neuropathy has started - but of course it says "don't overdo the exercises, because it might overactivate the nerves" - arrgghh!! How much is too much??
Thanks for making me smile with the tapdancing comment - I have 2 left feet for dancing already :smile:
Will keep you posted on progress and advice. Kathy