Interested in icing, what was your experience?

PNWskier

I think there was a thread here that I saw a reference to but I cannot find it. I am wondering about any hints for icing. Did anyone use ice caps, face masks, ice mitts/socks? How did it work? Any good products? Thanks!

Jelson

there are threads on cold caps - on the chemotherapy board - I would use the search function I think there was also a clinical study recently published on use of cold caps - you might google that.

Denise-G

My sister and I both iced during Taxol. We neither one lost our finger nails or toe nails. We both have very mild neuropathy but not severe by any means.

Here is what we both did: Bought dish pans from a Dollar Store. Wore lightweight gloves and lightweight socks so we wouldn't get frostbite!!

Asked our chemo nurses to bring us ice which they gladly did. Then Iced during chemo drug only.

MinusTwo

I used frozen peas in zip loc bags. They are more flexible than ice. Start reading one of the chemo threads. Someone usually starts a new one every month but I'd read through January 2017 before moving on to join February.

Traveltext

My infusion center offered ice mittens and I used them at each of the six treatments. No problems with nails at all.

Kicks

I had no issues with my nails or neuropathy with either my 4 DD A/C or 12 weekly Taxol and did not 'ice' anything. All I used was OPI Nail Envy on my nails and they actually grew better than they even had during my life. Well I did get a bruise on part of one big toe but that was from hitting it while I was driving in a Mud Boggin' a few days after second A/C.

IF I had wanted to be bothered with 'icing' - I couldn't have as a SE I had with A/C and much worse with Taxol was very low temperature. A/C wasn't as bad as it generally averaged high 96 - low 97. Taxol was worse - averaged high 95 - low 96. During Taxol infusions, I had to have one of the glasses in cubicles with it's individual thermostat run up as high as it would go and warmed blankets piled on to keep up to even 94. So, chilling my blood by icing extremities would have possibly been deadly from hypothermia. We are each so unique.

patty9999

So, are there no worries of developing frostbite when you ice? I am just starting icing of at least my feet with four treatments of Taxol to go. Have had some mild neuropathy that has gotten worse since starting the Taxol. But, am concerned about frostbite from the 90 minute exposure to the cold.

Traveltext

Ive never heard of frostbite with icing, but the fingers do hurt a bit when the mittens are just out of the freezer. However, they settle down after 10 minutes or so.

Beatmon

I did eat on ice the entire of Taxotere and did the salt/baking soda rinses. Didn’t get a single sore. My throat hurt to swallow though. Good luck...it is all worth a try

Traveltext

Yes, like Beatmom, I ate ice through the Taxotere infusions and had no issue with mouth sores.

NotVeryBrave

I only kept ice in my mouth during the chemo (TC) infusions to help with the effects on my mouth. I didn't do anything for my hands and feet. I have very slight numbness in the tips of my fingers now.