One of the big side effects of TIVDAK that concerns doctors is severe eye inflammation. I have to have my eye doctor check my eyes prior to each treatment. Thankfully, my eyes are fine. I follow the post-chemo eye drop protocol and after 10 treatments, no eye problems, one of the inconveniences of the TIVDAK infusion is that you have to keep ice packs on your eyes for 60 minutes during treatment. To ease this, I wear gloves because I have to hold the ice packs in place. Without gloves, the coldness begins to hurt your hands. Then I find something I can listen to for 60 minutes to make the time fly by. Usually this is a sermon, a Bible lesson, a guided meditation - something that is healing and inspiring. Since I started doing this, I don’t mind the icing part of the treatment at all.