Hello vivi,

A big welcome to our forum! You ask a very important question as I am sure many on this forum also experienced the issues you mentioned with their finger and toe nails following cancer treatment.

We have some information about this on our website and it gives you some hints and tips for skin and nail problems. You can find out more here. Don't hesitate also to ring our nurses for advice on 0808 800 4040, Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm (it's a free number).

Others will be along soon I am sure to share their nail stories with you, but actually nails have been discussed on this forum before so feel free to respond to the threads I am about to mention. It was for example suggested recently on the forum that dark nail polish during chemotherapy could help. You can read a discussion on dark nail polish here.

Changes in food taste are also very common and you can read more about this here. I know many of our users have experienced this too so I am sure they will be along soon to tell you more!

Best wishes,

Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator