Hi any advice I’m taxol num 4 fingers quiet bad but I’m unsure what do they class as bad my onc sd I have some tabs but how do u no wat bad I can’t write with a pen v well or does it get worse ive 2 more to go so bit concerned it was settling down in between but this time don’t seem to be pads on fingers quiet red to many thanks Laura
I was getting tingling hands and feet, like pins and needles - on tax and EC. Feels very weird, I was told this is just one of those things and it’ll go once off chemo but nothing much can be done about it. Try rubbing your hands/feet. xx
The tingling fingers, or peripheral neuropathy, is common to the taxane group of chemotherapies - I had it on Taxotere and am beginning to suffer again on Abraxane. One thing you can do is wear frozen gloves during the administration of the chemo. These work in the same way as the cold cap. i.e. by keeping the fingers cold it restricts the bloodflow and thus the amount of chemotherapy drug actually passing through the fingertips, and hence should reduce the tingling effects later.
Having said all that, I found the frozen gloves to be very painful and difficult to cope with - much harder than the cold cap. I’ve decided to wait with my current Abraxane and see how bad the neuropathy gets after the next dose before deciding whether to give the frozen gloves another go this time. I suspect I’m quite a wimp though, so you may not find them too bad at all - worth asking your oncologist about anyway!
Best wishes,
Jx