Hand-Foot Syndrome: A Common Side Effect of Breast Cancer Treatment

Emily M.

9 months ago

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carroll1

9 months ago

my hubby had a really hard time with this..we have found the ice really works. raising feet as much as possibleand creaming helps. the blisters on fingers will get hard and peel the feet really get more like hard marks, we just went to a foot doctor to get scrapeed and it reallt helped. i hope these things can work for you

evelyn ollie­

9 months ago

what can i do with my feet they feel like i,m walking on rags and my fingerstips are numb

carroll1

9 months ago

my hubby who has sore feet not real red but the blisters on the inside of this left hand (top knuckle)are real sore... he doesn't do dishes or garden, i cut the food, so no knives.. this pill would or could just effect his left handt. he is on votrient (target chemo) we lowered the does once..any thoughts...

lindaheart

10 months ago

so 13 years after suffering horribly with palmar peeling bilaterally, dozens of MD specialists who were `clueless, and suffering pain horridly, I accidentally find this article. I wonder how many people actually develop this! Noone ever warned me about it

mindgardener­

about 1 year ago

Thanks. This is the first article on HFS that explains HOW it happens (blood vessels in the hand and foot break, allowing chemo to leak in. Now I understand, I will be much more careful about immersing my hands in water, even with rubber gloves. Too bad, no more dish-washing (grin). I hate missing out on gardening. Thanks for a great article. I would like to send it to the folks who are writng a guideline for using the chemo Xeloda. Would this be okay, if it is attributed to you? -Morgan

nancy g

over 1 year ago

sounds like good advice, I'll report back later on my results