Comments on: Preparing for Chemo https://josiesjourney.com/preparing-for-chemo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=preparing-for-chemo Mon, 12 Aug 2024 05:03:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Josie Kelsh https://josiesjourney.com/preparing-for-chemo/#comment-1090 Mon, 12 Aug 2024 05:03:05 +0000 https://josiesjourney.com/?p=3692#comment-1090 In reply to Meredith.

Thanks Meredith, I will look into those exercises and I love the sock tip – I wouldn’t have taken any, but it really makes sense.

]]> By: Meredith https://josiesjourney.com/preparing-for-chemo/#comment-1089 Fri, 09 Aug 2024 10:29:32 +0000 https://josiesjourney.com/?p=3692#comment-1089 I recently saw a study that found that doing balance exercises can help prevent neuropathy in your feet during the course of chemotherapy. I wish I had known this to try as mine is pretty intense (I’m 5 months out from from my last Taxol treatment and 3 months out from finishing chemo altogether and not much improvement so far). I am planning to start some feet specific exercises now to try to retrain or regrow some nerve function, but prevention is always better than rehabilitation. I also did use the cold mitts and socks and I do think those helped – you will likely want a very thin pair of socks to wear so you don’t get frostbite.

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