Neuropathy in fingers

Snake65 23 days ago

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I am curious to know what you do if you have peripheral neuropathy in the fingers. Mine seems to be getting worse after 6 cycles of ADC targetted therapy. Doctor has prescribed B12 and Pregabalin but neither seem to be doing much. Any other suggestions out there?

Thanks

Coddfish 22 days ago

Hi Snake65

Unfortunately I don’t think there is a lot that can be done. I have some neuropathy in both fingers and feet and my last treatment was in 2023. For me it got worse in the weeks after treatment but then stabilised. I do obvious things like keeping nails short, avoiding extreme heat and cold, keeping moisturised. Mine isn’t painful but the tingling is always there and I find picking up small things difficult.

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Humming 16 days ago

Using cold mittens and socks has been really helpful for me. I also wear compression socks and mittens, as I read a separate study suggesting they might have a similar effect. I haven’t developed neuropathy after 10 sessions of paclitaxel. Interestingly, no one in the oncology team – doctors or nurses – mentioned the mittens and socks, and I haven’t noticed any other patients on the chemo floor using them. I think awareness of these is quite low in the UK. Might be worth trying, in case it avoids the neuropathy getting worse. Got mine online. I take a cooler bag with gel ice packs to my chemo sessions and wear them during the infusion.