Cancer offers a number of opportunities to be in pain, not only during treatments such as surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, but also from late effects such as peripheral neuropathy.
BY Kathy LaTour
PUBLISHED February 20, 2018
Kathy LaTour is a breast cancer survivor, author of The Breast Cancer Companion and co-founder of CURE magazine. While cancer did not take her life, she has given it willingly to educate, empower and enlighten the newly diagnosed and those who care for them.
Cancer offers a number of opportunities to be in pain, not only during treatments such as surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, but also from late effects such as peripheral neuropathy.
Peripheral neuropathy is when you lose the feeling in hands and feet and that feeling is often replaced by pain. The mechanisms of what causes peripheral neuropathy aren't fully understood, but what is known is that certain chemotherapy drugs affect the nerve endings, causing pain.
I began to experience peripheral neuropathy as a late effect a number of years after my chemotherapy. The mystery for me is that the drugs I had aren't known to cause this problem, but for me, they did.
Peripheral neuropathy is when you lose the feeling in hands and feet and that feeling is often replaced by pain. The mechanisms of what causes peripheral neuropathy aren't fully understood, but what is known is that certain chemotherapy drugs affect the nerve endings, causing pain.
I began to experience peripheral neuropathy as a late effect a number of years after my chemotherapy. The mystery for me is that the drugs I had aren't known to cause this problem, but for me, they did.
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