My wife was diagnosed with her2 positive breast cancer last month. She started Chemo last Thursday. The list of potential side-effects is pretty overwhelming, but, above everything, her major concern is peripheral neuropathy. The information provided by the Cancer Council suggest that this is pretty common. It could be tingling in the fingers, but it could be as extreme as not being able to do your buttons up. Last night, my wife got quite upset. She crafts every night for hours, embroidering or making Dorset buttons, all of which are relatively fine work. She said that if she were to lose the ability to do that it would be 10 times worse than losing her hair. I was wondering if anyone had experience with these symptoms and whether you had any suggestions to deal with it.
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