I don't know your specific situation so our experience may not be directly comparable. My wife had Folfirinox chemo for 12 cycles at the Fred Hutch cancer center in 2024. It was the standard practice of care for us to ice the feet and fingers every time during the Oxaliplatin infusion - in addition, my wife was very disciplined in taking ice chips orally to reduce possibility of neuropathy in the throat (she has esophageal dismotility). The latter made her nauseous but she persevered for 2 hours each time as the alternative was too risky from her perspective. She wore compression gloves on her hands/fingers while she held on to an classic ice pack filled with ice chips from home - the ice pack did the best job of conforming to her hands/fingers during the actual Oxaliplatin infusion. She still developed some neuropathy but now, at about 5 months later, the neuropathy in her fingers and feet is improving. Best wishes for you. I agree with another commenter that I would ask for the reason and study references that support it for you not to consider extremity icing as an option. Everyone is a unique case but I would want to understand the rationale and the data supporting it. The Hutch staff was very responsive when we wanted to understand an issue during treatment.

We had not heard of the icing when my husband was doing the folfox chemo, and his neuropathy is now severe. We started doing it when he changed to abrax/gem... but that was after a year of folfox and I think the damage was already done. I am not a doctor, but wish in hindsight that we had known of the icing and would have pursued that I think. But, everyone is different and I guess doctors feel differently about it helping or hurting.