Hi Ladies,
Im posting for a friend who has BC last year and is suffering terrible pain following chemo treatment.
We live in a semi-rural area and she cannot find anyone who has similar damage and would love to hear from anyone who could share/give advice or just sympathise about the pain and inflamation.
She is currently on ketamine for pain relief but still have awful day to day problems.
The docs say it is damage to nerve endings which is permanaent and irreversable
Cathie
Hi I have nerve damage to my feet, I finished chemo in march 2008 and couldn’t put a pair of shoes on until the october I had to wear flip-flops, good job it was mostly through the summer.It is now 2 more years on and it has improved a great deal I still have tingly toes and some pain like frost bite but nothing as painful as it was.Also the skin on my feet peeled during chemo and they now get dry and sore if I dont cream them,I use diprobase (spelling).
I really feel for your friend.
Best wishes Melxx
HI there, really sorry to hear about your frined’s problems - I had FEC-T and started to get tingling and pain in the feet and hands when the T ( taxotere) started, so they stopped me at 5 treatments out of 6. My understanding -like the previous post -is that the side effects do gradually ease but maybe thre is something about your friend’s condition that makes this less likely.
best wishes to her Nicola
I’m wondering whether your friend has seen a specialist (presumably a neurologist), and if not, whether it might be worth while as nerve damage isn’t always irreversible. I hope she is able to get some relief - it sounds very distressing.
finty xx