From what I have read through research and peoples own words. Chemo can often affect the hands and feet. Do you have a specialist nurse to contact regarding chemo side affects? Would definitely recommend contacting them or an expert just to get a run down of what side effects you might run into. This will put you more at ease. Hope this helps.
Also the nurses here are really good at giving information on a variety of things and I'm sure one of them will see this and give you the right contact information to speak to a professional :)
Hi, just want to chime in, sadly I have peripheral neuropathy...my chemo finished 2019 so unfortunately mine is obviously permanent, but as I understand it..that's not always the case...I do hope yours improves.... ️
Thanks for the reply and sorry to hear you've still got the numbness, I Hope its not affecting your quality of life too much.
I'm doing OK I've had my mask fitted for radiotherapy and agreed to the chemo which I'm petrified about. Treatment starts on the 31st of this month and finishes on the 9th of December.
I feel like I have no choice really but to take the chemo as if there's other cancer cells in my body the chemo should get them and then with the 4 months wait after treatment for scan to see if its worked could end up spreading into organs so I need to give myself and my family the best chance of me beating this disease. I just hope I can cope with the chemo as I know it's horrible for most people.
I regarded chemo as the " belt and braces" of my treatments, a mop up if you like. I needed to know I'd done everything possible to beat this, and like you I needed to do it for my loved ones too.
The only advice I can give on chemo is we all react differently, a friend of mine ( we met here) was going through the same regimen as me, she coped wonderfuly, even stopping at Burger King on the way home! She was straight back into work the day after too. Try not to allow yourself to get too hooked up on it, what will be will be....and the next couple of months ( believe it or not) will fly by...get plenty of fluids in you and tackle any side effects if and when they come. I know it's difficult not to look too far a head but you must try, our imaginations can wreak havoc, try not to allow that. One last tip is to keep a chemo diary, I found mine invaluable...
Oh yes indeedy,there are a small percentage who go on to suffer permanant effects but for most people its transitory and resolves in the following months after chemo is finished.
l am one of the fortunate ones who live with it permanantly, fortunate because it reminds me daily to never take beating stage four cancer fior granted, fortunate to be a survivor where others around at treatment were not so lucky, and fortunate that after three years my brain decided to stop communicating that my feet are constantly sore, so now ten years on l am only really aware of that fact when l am laid in bed.
Chances are it will resolve itself for you,and hopefully your chemo regime proves to have been a great success,
