Second cycle of Capox. Troublesome cold hypersensitivity particularly fingers on cold surfaces (triggers the neuropathy). Resting and keeping warm seems to work. Is there any benefit to wearing cotton gloves for simple things like getting the butter out of the fridge?
Hi SAH1958. I bought some cheap woolly gloves from the local market which had knobbly grippy bits on the palms and found those useful. The cold sensitivity is usually worse at the beginning of each cycle and I found getting things like a jar of jam out of the fridge used to give me quite a tingle and also getting things out of the freezer on the supermarket shop for example. I also found the car steering wheel to be cold sometimes so the gloves were great for that too
Take care
Karen x
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