Smeagol Fingers & Toes

More chemo weirdness to share. I know I mentioned the skin likes to peel during Taxol so the Eucerin and pretty white spa gloves work the trick for that on my hands. Now the learning curve has begun with my nails. Sometimes they want to fall off. They tell you initially to keep everything neat and closely trimmed. Mani Pedis are a complete no at any time during treatment. Use emery boards to get them finely close. Some discoloration begins - ok - but between the last two sessions I have Smeagol fingers and toes beginning. Some fingernails have new nailbeds beginning under existing nails, and my thumbs look like they are pulling off from the sides. My little toe still has chemo pooling that you could write a little medical journal entry about. My positive is Smeagol's hands and feet took him all the way to the end of the journey right? So will mine. They are just more parts I don't need to get me healthy and if they fall off with any lingering cancer cells or bloody poisonous chemo remnants along the way, then that feels like a grand purge to me.