An interesting side effect that I hadn’t experienced until my last few chemo treatments was chemical burning. While going through the initial chemo treatments back home, I had numbness in my thumbs, but never pain. This time, my thumbs literally burned. They turned red and hurt like heck. The doctors prescribed me this nasty oily ointment that gave me a little relief, but in the end, it was a drug – neurotin (sp?) that saved me. Mom’s familiar with it and it somehow stops the nerve pain. It took several days to work, but when it did – awesome. The burning extended from my thumbs and the skin on the top of my hands, especially my left hand, looked burnt. It was like I stuck my hands on a hot oven pan or in a pot a boiling water. Now, that’s almost healed, but it’s been interesting how I thought I was so prepared for what I would experience and yet the side effects were so different and unexpected. Same thing with my mouth sores. I experienced more burning this last time around compared with my original treatments where I just had some some yucky craters. I also had more tongue issues this time and did get to the point where I was so swollen I couldn’t eat and had a very difficult time drinking and swallowing, but it was okay. My pills became liquids or IVs and I got IV nutrients as well – HUGE bag. Thankfully, that passed too.
It has been such a blessing that everything has passed. I just have to be patient. Time can be a painful ally, or enemy.
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u are amazing. You are in my prayers daily.
ouch! So sorry to hear that terrible side effect.
Great attitude! Sorry you had to go thru the neuropathy!
Hang in there Jamie!