MY FEET AND HANDS ARE KILLING ME!!!!!

idlehunters
idlehunters Member Posts: 1,787 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
This sucks! This has been a gradual process. I noticed a few months back that my hands were getting dark... especially the lines in them... then the feet turned dark too. After that my hands started this "pitting" thing that made my fingertips sink in... then my hands shriveled up and looked like I was 90 years old. No color in the nails anymore...pure white. My feet starting peeling and cracking. Doc gave me lotion for it but..no..didn't work. Then the hands started swelling after treatment on Monday. My hands have callous' on every knuckle on the inside of my hands... I mean big rough swollen hard areas. I cannot open my hands fully without feeling like the skin is going to burst. Both feet and hands are on fire. Cold does not bother them.... but heat sure does. My fingerprints have disappeared. I have a computer that operates with fingerprint sign in. NOPE.... won't recognize my prints now as there are none. Doc gave me some pills for Neurapathy(sp?)but..NOPE... not working either. It also feels like my hands and feet are asleep...needles sticking them.... but they won't wake up! They both throb..and throb...and throb. I had ice bags attached to both feet and my hands last nite and took a Vicodin... NOPE..still could not sleep... finally I said ...well, you know what I said :) ..... and took out the one hitter... or should I say the 5 hitter..LOL. Felt a little better... munched out..and crashed with my ice bags. I will be so glad when I can get off this crap forever. Ok.. I am done... just needed to hold a complaint session... Now my hands are killing me from typing all this so I guess we is heading outside with the peace pipe!

Jennie

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  • Unknown
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  • lcarper2
    lcarper2 Member Posts: 635 Member
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    couldn't handle infusion chemo
    I could not take chemo infusion it did the same thing to me and blood sugar went to 700 so I am now 2 months into chemo by mouth I take 3000 mg of xlodea a day for 14 rest for 7 am doing gerat no pain no vomitting no mouth sores and I had alot of cancer colon cancer soft ball size tumor on it 34 lymph nodes removed 19 were cancer so ask your onc if you can try it...
  • maglets
    maglets Member Posts: 2,576 Member
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    try an ice pack
    try an ice pack on your head too Kathy...I found that helped with 5FU bolus headache...lol you gals will be a pretty icey sight...

    hugs mags
  • coloCan
    coloCan Member Posts: 1,944 Member
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    Out of curiosity, Jennie, have you done Xeloda?
    don't know dose needed nor duration but Xeloda does cause loss of fingerprints. As far as the pain and feelings you describe, you have my sympathy. My reaction hasn;t been that bad yet as just finished third dose of FOLFOX...Hope you feel better soon.....Steve
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    maglets said:

    try an ice pack
    try an ice pack on your head too Kathy...I found that helped with 5FU bolus headache...lol you gals will be a pretty icey sight...

    hugs mags

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  • idlehunters
    idlehunters Member Posts: 1,787 Member
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    coloCan said:

    Out of curiosity, Jennie, have you done Xeloda?
    don't know dose needed nor duration but Xeloda does cause loss of fingerprints. As far as the pain and feelings you describe, you have my sympathy. My reaction hasn;t been that bad yet as just finished third dose of FOLFOX...Hope you feel better soon.....Steve

    Hey Steve
    No...never did Xeloda. Only Folfiri. Since NED news the onc has started a gradual reduction of chemo. No more 5FU push or Camptosar. At the end of the month I will be getting a reduction of the 5FU pump so I hope that helps with this. Thank you all!

    Jennie

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