The chemotherapy has plenty of real side effects, and I've been impressed with how precisely they conform to the descriptions I got. (Pins and needles in hands. Feeling of ground glass drinking cold liquid.) But I'm so on the lookout for side effects, I also get scared by random things popping up that, on reflection, probably have nothing to do with cancer or Folfox. The list includes:
1. Unable to move thumb for a few minutes
2. Odd feeling that lower leg is asleep or has something bound around it.
3. Itchy raised rash
Normally, these things (if I even noticed) would make me think, carpal tunnel? Slept wrong? Allergic to adhesive on the bandage? And I think that's all they are. It's just hard not to see everything through the chemo lens.
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