Cracked fingers
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Another remedy
Have u tried cotton gloves w/cream at night? Also, Burt's Bee's Almond handcream is very good. I have used the Neutrogena brand too.
It seems the minute you wash your hands it reduces all the efforts of repeated applications.Neosporin is good too.
I golf too. Can you wrap the most cracked finger?
With all the symptoms and healing we tolerate w/our disease cracked skin on our hands is annoying.
I started Xeloda so will be dealing with this again....ugh.
At least its not as bad in the summer months.
Have a fun trip.
Barb0 -
Cracked Fingers
Thanks, Dan! I get the cracked (EXTREMELY painful fingers) with the Vectibix that I'm back on. It got so bad that we had to end up with a 2 month break just to allow them to heal (yes, it took about 6 weeks for them to actually heal). I've now had two treatments and I am just starting to feel the minor pain starting in two fingers. If it would just stay this minor, I could handle it... but I know what it will turn into as time goes on. With mine, there are the cracked fingers like you described above, but then, there's the added pain that the nerve endings in the tips of my fingers all rise to the surface and then bubble through with what looks like an internal blister, coming through the cracks... but these are actually nerve endings. Picking up a Kleenex is extremely painful, that's how sensitive they are.
I have tried every lotion/potion/thick/thin/cream you can imagine and haven't found one that prevents the nerve endings from surfacing. My oncologist says he's never seen anything this bad before, even though split fingers are a common side affect to Vectibix. But I will pick up some Neosporin and Neutrogena hand cream, a combination that I haven't tried before. Hopefully I will find the magical combo that will work for me
Cheryl in Vancouver0 -
This sounds so painful
Hi Dan,
I'm not getting chemo but I get cracked fingers a lot from wearing powdered gloves at work, especially in winter, and they are painful. Yours must be 10 times worse. I use a product called "blue goo" which is a thick, greasy substance in a little jar, made from emu oil to keep my fingertips and the skin around my nails moist and it is really good (when I remember to use it). It's not blue but the lid on the jar is. I get it at WalMart. Also, when I get bad cracks and they are really painful I use "Nexcare Skin Crack Care" which is in a bottle like fingernail polish and is clear and goes on like fingernail polish. For that matter, clear fingernail polish will seal the cracks and help them heal - at least the cracks that I get. I've used that too. It works. So does a product called "New Skin Liquid Bandage." Good luck. I know those skin cracks are painful.
Sandy0 -
keeping them moistutized
I know what you mean with the pain from the cracked fingers. Its just one more spot that our body hurts. I have to use a lot of lotions. Avoid hot water on the hands...hard to do because a hot shower feels good sometimes. Pray yours stays good. Jeff0 -
Hi CherylCherylHutch said:Cracked Fingers
Thanks, Dan! I get the cracked (EXTREMELY painful fingers) with the Vectibix that I'm back on. It got so bad that we had to end up with a 2 month break just to allow them to heal (yes, it took about 6 weeks for them to actually heal). I've now had two treatments and I am just starting to feel the minor pain starting in two fingers. If it would just stay this minor, I could handle it... but I know what it will turn into as time goes on. With mine, there are the cracked fingers like you described above, but then, there's the added pain that the nerve endings in the tips of my fingers all rise to the surface and then bubble through with what looks like an internal blister, coming through the cracks... but these are actually nerve endings. Picking up a Kleenex is extremely painful, that's how sensitive they are.
I have tried every lotion/potion/thick/thin/cream you can imagine and haven't found one that prevents the nerve endings from surfacing. My oncologist says he's never seen anything this bad before, even though split fingers are a common side affect to Vectibix. But I will pick up some Neosporin and Neutrogena hand cream, a combination that I haven't tried before. Hopefully I will find the magical combo that will work for me
Cheryl in Vancouver
I get the cracked fingers too as well as the loss of feeling and dexterity. Just like you, I've tried all the creams and lotions and anymore those cause more hurt and don't do any good at all. People just assume that it's dry skin, but it is way different. I haven't had the blistering and exposed nerves, I simply cannot imagine how horrible that must be. When my hands are bad, I can't shake hands with people and will frequently bleed on things when I pick them up. Just a regular walkin' bio-hazard I is.
Doc0 -
cracked fingers
greetings
i've been fighting the fingers (and now toes) with cracks and bloody finger tips for several weeks.
they don't heal quickly, but I went with neosporin and band aides for a week, and then i'd let them dry out (and air out) for a week, and go back and forth. It seemed to work for me.
still painful, and sometimes unbearable... but they eventually heal, and then two or three more show up somewhere else. Its really strange.
be careful around the finger nails and don't cut those nails too short... they'll get more fragile as well.
take care and fight through it.0
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