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Re: Ice gloves - ideas needed please
I think the socks mostly keep the underside of the foot cold. My husband reminds me we bought soft ice packs, in kind of fabricky material from the chemist I think. I’m in transit just now, till tomorrow, but I’ll see if I can find their name. So glad my tips have helped.17Views0likes0CommentsRe: Ice gloves - ideas needed please
Hi GinGin, really glad to hear you are trying this. There are trials that showed it works but no money in it so not supported well. your comment came up in my emails. You could try ice bricks to rest your feet on. we brought an esky to every chemo and I have no residual neuropathy. A friend going through chemo had bad symptoms and started icing the next week and has kept feeling. Good luck!42Views1like0CommentsRe: TNBC Has anyone had chemo terminated early - by choice or Onc decision?
Hi Tasia, I'm going to tag you in the post I wrote which has anecdotal evidence from people who tried cold therapy about their experience so you can read about it for yourself. I don't agree with your BC nurse. My oncologist is now recommending this therapy after seeing my good results. It sounds pretty bad but it is just uncomfortable (and thats from someone who did 12 weeks of it!) It can't hurt anyway. There are a few positive studies but it hasn't been well researched, perhaps because there is no money to be made. I have a friend who had symptoms early in her treatment (on AC) who started cold therapy before Taxol and made it through the whole course - so I've seen it work. She was TNBC too. I used cold therapy and only had one week where I experienced symptoms and that was when the infusion dragged on and my thumbs didn't stay cold. Whichever way you go I wish you well :)10Views2likes0CommentsRe: TNBC Has anyone had chemo terminated early - by choice or Onc decision?
Hi Tasia, have you read the posts about cold therapy for periphal neuropathy while taking Taxol. A few of us have found it helped us avoid the worst of the symptoms you are having. All it takes is some latex gloves and a bowl of ice during infusion. Worth trying at least maybe. I wish you luck with your cancer treatment. Susie10Views1like0Comments
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