Did you do icing during chemo? Did it help?

Posted by Sandy @pixiedust, May 16, 2023

Good morning all! I just started my chemo yesterday - Paklitaxel and Carboplatin. Concerned about neuropathy in hands and feet as well as the hair loss on head, eyelashes and eyebrows and damage to fingernails... I am getting low doses 1 day a week x 6 weeks as well as the radiation 5 days a week x 6 weeks.

Do any of you have suggestions, or experience with product, and if so where did you purchase? Any and all information would be helpful.
Thanks so much - Sandy

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boogie1936 | @boogie1936 | Jul 28, 2023

If you Ice your hands and feet while receiving Chemo you may avoid
the pain and numbness there. My daughter found Suzzi Pads at Amazon. They help a lot. You put ice in the hand and feet pads during treatment. You could try putting ice into plastic bags instead of buying the pads , The idea is to prevent the chemo from going into the hands and feet area and damaging the nerves. This is only neccessary during the chemo phase of Tx--not the medications.

John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | Jul 28, 2023

Hello @boogie1936, Welcome to Connect. I saw that you started a new discussion on avoiding neuropathy symptoms during chemotherapy so I thought I would tag you in this existing discussion on the same topic so that you can meet @pixiedust @bbtn @ajh5285 @lisag03 @marciapell and @loulou2023 who have shared their experience. If you click the link below it will take you to the top of the discussion where you can read all of the posts.

--- Did you do icing during chemo? Did it help?: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/icing-during-chemo/

Have you done any research on cooling therapy during chemotherapy treatments?