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Neuropathy pain

Offline Tilda777 over 5 years ago

Hi, j was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, had hysterectomy and chemotherapy. I am still having Avastin at the moment.

I have developed neuropathy pain.

Currently taking gabapentin.

Does anyone have this any tips?

Tablets don't seem to help.

Offline AntsNest over 5 years ago

Pregabalin is similar to gabapentin and it works well for me. I have Type One Diabetes and chemotherapy and Herceptin after the chemo. These cause neuropathy and I take 300gm of pregabalin and it really helps. I try to walk for 45mins every day to keep mobile because the more I sit around the more the neuropathy bothers me. Ants Nest
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Offline Tilda777 over 5 years ago in reply to AntsNest

Thank you for taking the time to respond to me that's really helpful.
I walk too and find it does help staying mobile.
Hope all goes well with your treatment x
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Offline AntsNest over 5 years ago in reply to Tilda777

That's great that you feel like I do that keeping mobile is helping.
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