tammylayne wrote:Hi there...I am not a doctor so I can't say if this has preventative abilities, but there is always the possibility that your mom won't need it!! Not everyone ends up with this issue, and for many people it happens later, not from minute one. Keep this thread in mind, but for now, my thoughts are to not borrow trouble; meaning don't worry about this side effect until it actually happens, and hopefully it NEVER will!!
And by the way, thanks for being a great daughter/care giver. You obviously are making sure you learn as much as you can for your mom's care It can be an overwhelming journey for everyone involved. Good luck to your mom!!!
Maia wrote:Tammy, I shared the recipe you shared in other forum --ColonTown, in Facebook--, pointing people here with the link, of course, so they can read for themselves and hopefully report, if they try this.
A question I got --for you and others here-- is if this cream helps with the feeling of numbness, not only with the pain, or if it in fact doesn't contribute to the numbness --as a mechanism to 'mask' the pain.
Hope I transmitted that well --I only can imagine, fellows, how this feels. Wishing you all the best.
WriterGirl1969 wrote:Maia wrote:Tammy, I shared the recipe you shared in other forum --ColonTown, in Facebook--, pointing people here with the link, of course, so they can read for themselves and hopefully report, if they try this.
A question I got --for you and others here-- is if this cream helps with the feeling of numbness, not only with the pain, or if it in fact doesn't contribute to the numbness --as a mechanism to 'mask' the pain.
Hope I transmitted that well --I only can imagine, fellows, how this feels. Wishing you all the best.
Great question, Maia (hopefully I'm interpreting what you're asking correctly). For me, the neuropathy presents as both numbness and pain. It's like the external is very numb, yet inside and around things like toenails it's very painful. The only comparison I can give people is that if you were to stamp barefoot on wet cement for about half an hour, your feet might feel like this.
The cream does not, in my experience, lessen or address the numbness. In fact, there is a numbing agent in it. My understanding is that it's meant to help mitigate the pain. This is reinforced by the painkiller, the anti-inflammatory, the muscle relaxer and the numbing agent that are part of the ingredients. However, the pharmacist did say it is supposed to help increase blood flow to the area it's being applied to, so perhaps if the nerve damage is actually in the feet, this might help. Nerve damage stemming from the spine is not actually in the foot, just presenting in the nerves there, so probably not much curative aspect to treatment even when applied directly to the foot. Does that make sense? Hope it helps, and of course, this is just my personal experience and speculation. I'm not doctor or chemist by any means.
--Tracy
mtipte wrote: Hi Writergirl,
I'm just curious but I wonder how you developed neuropathy if you had only Xeloda monotherapy.
Cheers.
Maia wrote:Hi, Tracy --you, great WriterGirl
Maia wrote:Thank you so much for your reply --I feel you understood what I meant and I do understand your answer. I do know how difficult it is, to describe this kind of sensations.
I'll report to the other forum soon. Hoping to hear also from more users! : )
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