tinkeling in feet.

I get the same feeling and it keeps me awake too.  I believe it's related to the neuropathy associated with taxane based chemo.  Are you taking Taxol or Taxotere or Abraxane?  It's the Abraxane that does it for me.  I've found a soothing (Epsom Salts) bath and foot massage right before bedtime helps.

Maura, did your onco say anything about neuropathy?  My onco said to be sure to let her know if I developed tingling or numbness in my hands or feet.  It's one of the SE's of some types of chemo, particularly the taxanes as Twink said.

About midway through each of my Taxotere & Cytoxan cycles, my hands and feet felt a little bit tingly.  It always went away, though.  After my last treatment, I noticed that the outer tips of my big toes felt numb.  They weren't really numb--I could feel it when I touched them, and they moved OK.  It just felt kind of like they had gone to sleep.  I'm now about 8 wks out from my last chemo tx, and the numbness is almost gone.

otter 

I suffer advance neuropthy and restless legs.  I did not know this, but they are two different things.  Neuropthy does make your feet numb but they also hurt when you walk on them after setting down for a while.  See if this is what you feel...when you lay down at night, your legs want to keep changing positions, you may be awaken because you need to move your legs? This is restless leg.  Either way the drug Lycria (sp) was the only thing that helped me.  Does help with restless leg, but no drugs I found help neuropathy .  I do think acupuncture with electric wire's attached did help my neuropathy.  I just purchased online an hand-held micro-current unit, it's like and hand help "tens" unit. I found this and massage of the hands and feet have kept me mobile.  A lot of neuropthy pain is also muscle under stress because we are using are body in different ways....walking, standing setting.  I do take complex Bcomplex vitamin that suppose to help protect your nerve endings. 

 Flalady

What great tips all of you have shared. I wonder why my onc. never mentioned any of this. It kind of makes me mad cause anyone with this knows how painful it can be and I have lived with it for awhile and then chemo just made it go crazy. I need to start excersing my arms to get ready for rads hopefully I can get some more motion out of it. I live in birkenstocks best thing ever invented for feet. I werar them out to fast cause thats all I wear. I even try to make it through winter but the snow gets me everytime!!!!! Thanks again for all the imfo. It takes me so long to type but its good for making my fingers move!!!

                                                           Bridget