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https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.20.01399
I spent some time reading up on chemotherapy induced neuropathy last night and over the past few days. This, in my opinion, is the best article I found. Bears out my belief that the only thing that helps is getting off chemo and plenty of time. I'll find out on July 17 after an MRI if I'm a candidate for SBRT for the two tumors I have that have been reduced due to the chemo. Liver and pancreas. If that procedure works and my oncologist takes me off chemo, I'll pass on the results here. I started on Folfirinox and am now on Gemcitibine/Abraxane. The Abraxane has made my neuropathy much worse.
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Yep. I was on the gemcitabine/abraxane for my last three chemo treatments and they did a number on me and my neuropathy. It got quickly worse during and after my treatments which were scheduled every three weeks apart. I’ve now been off all chemo for about seven weeks now and can report that I’m feeling a small amount of improvement but not enough to say I’m comfortable yet by any means. Taking 1800 units of gabapentin daily but I’m not sure it really does anything. Time will probably be the best healing process for it.