Does anyone have a treatment for Neuropathy due to chemo

Has anyone research stem cell injections for neuropathy?

Hello, @ina3. I'd like to add my welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect.

You may have noticed that I moved your post here to this discussion, "Does anyone have a treatment for Neuropathy due to chemo," so you can connect with others who are talking about chemo-related neuropathy. Hoping they will have some insights from their experiences or those of loved ones especially about the numbness and heaviness your dad has in his feet, and that they can talk about testing they have undergone to determine exact cause or condition, preventative tips and any treatments.

Has your dad's oncologist weighed in on a potential connection between the chemotherapy and the symptoms in his feet? If so, what did he or she say?

Hi everyone,

My dad diagnozed with stage IV lung cancer is being treated with platinium chemo. Based on his description of symthoms he has CIPN caused by Carboplatin and cisplatin.

Reading posts here, i see that many of you go through a tests to determine the exact cause or condition.

Can you please let me know what kind of tests it would be? Should we just assume that it was caused by chemo or doing a test will give us any additional information?

I also read some studies on how people put icy patches on their feet during the chemo. Has anyone tried it?

Thanks

@johnbishop thank you for your response. Since he lives in a different country from the conversation with him its more numbness and heaviness in his feet than pain. He does not complain about pain, he says that it feels like his feet are in the mud and it is hard to walk. Thanks

Hi @ina3,
Thank you for being an advocate for your dad and helping him. Here are a couple of articles I found that might be helpful.

Strategy to prevent chemotherapy-induced neuropathy
-- https://www.mayoclinic.org/medical-professionals/neurology-neurosurgery/news/strategy-to-prevent-chemotherapy-induced-neuropathy/mac-20431145

Diagnosing Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
-- https://www.mskcc.org/videos/diagnosing-chemotherapy-induced-peripheral-neuropathy

How Chemotherapy Can Affect the Feet
-- https://www.ipfh.org/foot-conditions/seasonal-articles/how-chemotherapy-can-affect-the-feet

Do the chemo treatments cause pain in your dad's feet?

Sorry. Not sleeping is really really awful. Are you sleeping? When do you see your primary?

Lol very very desparate...thank you

It sounds like you are desperate, but maybe check with your doc to be sure it's ok? Hang in there. gp

Is there any issues with taking higher doses ? I've been upping mine here lately to 1200mg 3x a day

Was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer on June 2 2015....not exactly sure what chemo ...they had to stop treatment early due to the pains I had in hands and feet. I started gabapentin at low dose but had it raised several times...I am in between doctors atm so hopefully soon I will have a new primary care physician and then go from there...I have been upping my gabapentin myself lately...thx for all ur guys and gals help