Game changer to avoid post chemo neuropathy

I was offered cooling therapy along with my chemotherapy at Royal Marsden and it was truly a game changer in terms of tackling the neuropathy post chemo. I started my chemo cycle (8 cycles of Capox - Drip+ Oral drug) without cooling therapy and suffered strong neuropathy in my feet and hands during and after my chemo cycles. However, i was introduced to the cold therapy in my 3rd cycle and did not experience any neuropathy during my remaining cycles. I completed my chemo around 6 months back and till date I don't experience any neuropathy.

Neuropathy is one of the major side effects of the chemo type offered to me and is often a major factor in deciding how many cycles a patient can tolerate. Since cooling therapy almost removes the side effects, patients can complete their recommended cycles and get a better chance of survival and fight with cancer.

I will highly recommend this therapy to anyone starting their chemo journey involving neuropathy as a side effect. I think this should be offered to more and more patients across the UK.

Thanks Royal Marsden team (especially Laura Collantes-Espinosa) for offering this treatment to me.