Neuropathy Help

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JennPixie
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Location: Peach State

Neuropathy Help

Postby JennPixie » Fri Oct 26, 2018 4:38 pm

Homeopathic ointment
Newton Laboratories Inc. Rhus Toxicodendron (poison ivy treatment)
Can likely be found at your local herb/natural health shop. Might likely be able to find online as well
It's very effective in letting me feel my feet , feel where they are (properception) , eases the stiffness. Also with my hands, I can feel my fingertips better, have better dexterity, and less stiffness there, too.

It seems so weird, but it really has been helpful!

My husband found a study working with a homeopathic poison oak remedy, and, since we had a poison ivy remedy already... what could it hurt to try? Well, I rubbed some into one foot and let it set a while (coz sometimes massage "wakes things up" for a few moments) and... WOW! I soon rubbed some into my other foot, into my fingertips... it was surprising!

I was on FOL/FOX for several months, now I'm doing 5FU Pump coz I was doing well, and the Oxaliplatin was giving me way too much of that neuropathy crap. Been on 5FU for... 4 or 5 months, now. Nerves are slow to heal, but the ointment really is helping with the process.

I wanted to share this in case it may help others with Neuropathy troubles.
If you're preparing food, wash hands well with warm soapy water, coz you don't wanna take it orally, it's a topical ointment. So keep that in mind. I usually put it on after dinner, a little before bed time. Slip on a pair of soft socks and get cozy for the night. The effects last much of the next day.

Original study here https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06967-0
F, 44y/o
Colon cancer, ascending colon
Stage 4
NTN: T4N1M1
Colostomy, reversal, loop illeostomy

Started FOLFOX Feb. 14th...

A work in progress...
...Aren't we all.?.
8)

JennPixie
Posts: 39
Joined: Tue Aug 08, 2017 8:53 am
Location: Peach State

Re: Neuropathy Help

Postby JennPixie » Fri Oct 26, 2018 4:40 pm

*5FU plus Avastin (10 minute iv before the pump)
F, 44y/o
Colon cancer, ascending colon
Stage 4
NTN: T4N1M1
Colostomy, reversal, loop illeostomy

Started FOLFOX Feb. 14th...

A work in progress...
...Aren't we all.?.
8)

bitchslapped
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Joined: Tue Sep 09, 2014 3:23 pm
Location: PNW/USA

Re: Neuropathy Help

Postby bitchslapped » Fri Oct 26, 2018 7:43 pm

Glad you are finding some relief. Here is a link to another thread on this topic for an Rx topical cream:
http://coloncancersupport.colonclub.com ... ical+cream

Best Wishes
BS
DSS,35YO,unresect mCRC DX 7/'14,lvr,LN,peri,rib
FOLFOX+Avstn 4 Rnds d/c 10/'14
Stent 9/'14
FOLFIRI+Avstn 10/'14
Gone From My Sight 2/20/15
Me:garden variety polyps + precancerous polyp, diverticulitis
Carergver x2 DH,DM dbl occupancy,'03-'10
DH dx 47YO mCRC,'04-'07, lvr, billiary tree fried x HAI
DM dx CC 85YO,CC,CHF,stroke,dementia,aphasia


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