Cold Therapy to prevent neuropathy

I used cryotherapy throughout my 8 rounds of chemo. I did the cold therapy only while receiving oxaliplatin. It was not easy to do this but I felt it was a short term discomfort to diminish a long term possibility of neuropathy. After chemo #4 I started to use light gloves and socks while wearing the mitts and socks. After chemo #6 I started to wear the cold packs for 15 minutes and take a 5 minute break. I had two sets of packs. Half way through I’d use the second set. My oncology naturopath and nutritionist had me start Vit B6 and lions mane as supplements after round #6. I wish I had known about this earlier. I stopped the Vit B6 when my chemo ended.
I had cold sensitivity in my hands between treatments starting after round #4. It progressively increased. I had some numbing and pain in my hands. I had 8 rounds of chemo. After two weeks of no chemo the cold sensitivity was better. I am 5 weeks out now and have no signs of neuropathy-no cold sensitivity. I believe the cryotherapy helped!!

I used cryotherapy throughout my 8 rounds of chemo. I did the cold therapy only while receiving oxaliplatin. It was not easy to do this but I felt it was a short term discomfort to diminish a long term possibility of neuropathy. After chemo #4 I started to use light gloves and socks while wearing the mitts and socks. After chemo #6 I started to wear the cold packs for 15 minutes and take a 5 minute break. I had two sets of packs. Half way through I’d use the second set. My oncology naturopath and nutritionist had me start Vit B6 and lions mane as supplements after round #6. I wish I had known about this earlier. I stopped the Vit B6 when my chemo ended.
I had cold sensitivity in my hands between treatments starting after round #4. It progressively increased. I had some numbing and pain in my hands. I had 8 rounds of chemo. After two weeks of no chemo the cold sensitivity was better. I am 5 weeks out now and have no signs of neuropathy-no cold sensitivity. I believe the cryotherapy helped!!

@akhealth15
Congrats on no neuropathy! What type of chemo were you getting? I was wearing my mittens and gloves but with no socks or gloves underneath. What a novel idea! How much B6 did you take and what the heck is lions mane??? I was on aggressive gem-abraxane wearing Suze's mitten and booties and got neuropathy to hands and feet in the 5th month of treatment really bad I
Might add, I'm off treatment now to give my system a rest .

@mnewland99
This is the B6 and lions mane I got. Apparently different mushrooms have alot of healing properties in them. Who knew. I found this information while I was researching but the Integrative doc confirmed it.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08YS9T41V
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BG6TGKZS
Can I assume that most people who get a pancreatic cancer diagnosis get chemo first - then surgery - then chemo again??

@kmbori
Yes, but I got surgery right away. I've had 5 different rounds of chemotherapy ( some only lasting 2-3 months) in the last 3 years) following the surgery.