One of my many questions to come, so I'll try and do them one at a time. My wife Gail has finished her chemotherapy in August but still has numbness in her feet and hands as well as chronic fatigue. She received taxol, carboplatin and Erbitux once a week for 6 weeks (June & July), then had two week long cycles with pump of docetaxol, cisplatin and 5-FU. The side effects have been terrible, but manageable (the last week long treatment put her in ICU for a week) and I think we just got her mucositis under control.

She has been taking 100 mg of nuerontin 3x daily for about a month for the numbness. Just wondering how long it takes for the numbness to subside. Thanks!


My wife has SCC - Right Lateral Tongue. Diagnosed 10/13/04. Reoccurance 4/25/05. Teeth Extraction, Partial Glossectomy, Neck Dissection, Rad & Chemo.