Postby dianetavegia » Tue Aug 11, 2015 9:43 am
My hands DID get better, tho after 6 full years, my finger tips still tingle and I sometimes have trouble with small things like tiny buttons or picking up coins. ATM's won't read my fingers at times but I lost all my fingerprints for several years.
I was volunteering with Civil Air Patrol and had to have FBI clearance. After three refusals, a prison guard told me to soak my hands in warm water for an hour or so, lather up with hand lotion and then go for my prints. I also had to send a letter from my onc listing the ingredients in FOLFOX and possible side effects. They accepted me that time.
My feet never got better tho I got used to the 'wet sand' sensation. The allodynia came on slowly and only bothers me when I go to bed at night and the sheet rubs across my legs. If I rub my legs hard, like putting on lotion, the sensation subsides. I won't take meds for it since it's harmless.
Stage III cc surgery 1/7/09. 12 tx FOLFOX
Stage IV PET = 1.5cm liver met. HR 4/11/12
14 years since dx and 11 years post liver resection.
Pronounced CURED and discharged by onc
“O Lord my God, I cried out to You, And You healed me.” Psalms 30:2