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Anyone have a problem with losing your big toe nail after chemo?
Cancer: Managing Symptoms | Last Active: Oct 31 7:55am | Replies (36)Comment receiving replies
Interesting! I haven't completed chemo, but after 10 months and counting of Gemcitabine + Abraxane + Cisplatin (for pancreatic cancer), I've got 10 healthy fingernails and 8 healthy toenails, but the big toenail on each foot looks horrible. I stubbed my left big toe yesterday, and it started bleeding deep under the nail, and feels like it will come off if I'm not careful.
Which chemo drug(s) were you on?
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Yes I thought I was the only one with this big toenail problem. I went to a foot doctor and was told it was
Chemo toe. He said the only way it could be cured was to remove the nails. I was already in lots of pain so I decided I didn't want to go through that. My doctor shaved them down as much as possible but they still look terrible. No longer feel I can wear sandals.