chemo hands and feet

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Well folks we are nearly home now.  Done the Italian bit, Pisa, Florence, Siena etc and managed to walk round all of them, but these chemo hands and feet do make life so difficult.  Anybody got any ideas for controlling the sensitivity.  It's all very well the doctor saying it will get worse before it gest better, but that doesn't help when you can't wear shoes, and don't know whether your feet are hot or cold!  I could just about manage 4 hours sightseeing, (with breaks) before we had to retreat for the day, and after 2 days I needed a break.  It was a good job we've had 4 weeks holiday!!  Apart from that and the chest infection that eventually cleared up after 2 weeks, we've had a lovely time.  Here's to the next holiday.

 

 

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  • Hi    ask your GP if Axsain would be appropriate, a friend who is a practice nurse suggested it as its used for diabetic neuropathy.

    take care     john

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Glad you had a lovely time.....

    Bad news is , you just have to wait till your body gets back to normal, it took 6 months after my last lot of chemo to feel "normal" again, I'm hoping it's quicker this time, but everyone is different, I wear a lot of flat shoes, even made the mistake of giving a lot of shoes and boots away cos I thought they would never feel normal again.... But they did....lol.... Good luck,

    Liz xxxx

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Glad you enjoyed your holiday,. Sorry to hear you had a chest infection for two weeks.

    You did exceptionally well to do all that walking well done.

    Take care and be safe Big Hugs Love Sarsfield.xxx

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Hi love, glad you had a great holiday. I am having the same trouble again, I had this before and the only thing that helped me was to exercise by stretching my fingers and toes and curling them up and down and doing circles with wrists and ankles..love Carol x