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I going ahead with chemo , my choice after oncotype results.

Do NHS offer cold compress for hands/ feet,?

I realized you can get cold caps for hair, I understand that you get issues with fingernails , toe nails .So I kinda thought why not cold compress for hands / feet.

Would I need to buy it myself from say Amazon?

Thanks

  • May depend on the hospital. Mine didn't; told me I could bring ice cubes from home.

    I did get a bit of an issue with finger nails, but it resolved without me losing any nails, it just scared me for a while because the way it looked at first was the same it would have looked if I had developed liver trouble. Took two consecutive blood tests to convince me my liver was fine. 

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