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thanks for the tip - so just put some ice in a tub and put your feet in there and how bout ice in plastic gloves for hands, do you do this before you go for a treatment or afterwards? does the carbo-Taxol make you sick are you able to make your own dinner and take a shower or our you to sick they told me about anti nausea meds, I m wondering if you are able to live a normal life after this injection it is all so new so all the news you can tell me please do. Fat fingers when you wake up how long does that last? Miriam hope I am not going on and on but I sure can use any info you can give me. I will get 4 treatments I believe 3 weeks apart.

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I go to Mayo in Jacksonville, Fl. Bring 1 gallon baggies for each foot and one to put both hands to wrap around like a heating pad. and the nurses there fill them up and wrap up. I have someone with me, so when I need to go to the bathroom, he takes them off and puts them back on. You wear thin socks. When it gets too cold I take them off fora few minutes and then put them back off. You do this as soon as they start dripping the Taxol. Mine is a three hour infusion. Followed by Carbo. The nausea medication to have on hand when your home. Some people get nausea and you want to be on top of that. I haven’t had that yet. Will you be able to cook dinner, some people can. Many people still work through all this. My first week is fatigue, hard to get up , little appetite, but I eat small meals to keep up my strength whether I am hungry. I learned from this group about nutritional drinks and protein drinks from Orgain, they sell it at Walmart, grocery stores etc. I drink the protein drink or nutritional drink, one a day to keep my body going.
Fat fingers was just a term, about hitting the wrong letters on the keyboard, lol.
I don’t plan much of anything the first week, snack and nap. Week 2 and three are better.
Prepare meals ahead of time to heat and eat. Otherwise, chicken noodle soup etc. you will find you have cravings and that will be the only thing that sounds good.
I hope this gives you some idea. I am not on Keytruda, so I don’t know how that will impact the other two.

thank you for all the tips sounds like you just get feeling better and then its time for another treatment, mine is the same as yours so what happens after the treatments are done does one just wait to see if it comes back ? have they mentioned Keytruda to you at all? I will do your ice trick anymore info send it on. are you only suppose to eat white bread can you eat Burger king, Mc Donalds fish sandwiches? no one has told me what to eat or not. I would love to be at Mayo but my insurance does not cover it there. stay healthy