Chewing/sucking ice for prevention of mouth sores during infusion:
Hey, fellow journeyers! I've been treated for ovarian cancer for going on 7 years now. My latest treatment is Doxil, which once created really miserable mouth sores, to the extent that I was unable to eat/brush my teeth, and talk without pain.
My oncology folks prescribed a dexamethasone mouth rinse, which helped some, but the pain was still awful. I consulted Dr. Google and found a suggestion on the Mayo Clinic site that chewing/sucking ice cubes may help.
Reader, this changed my life. Once I started chewing ice during my infusions, the mouth sores stopped. I still get one or two between infusions, but they are mild and only last a day or two.
An infusion nurse explained to me that, keeping a cold mouth prevents the chemo drug from affecting it.
I don't quite understand why my onc practice doesn't recommend this, but I've become an evangelist for it. Please give it a try if you suffer from this miserable side effect. You are all in my heart.
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Cold caps for hair loss (I couldn't afford them), mitts for hands and feet to limit neuropathy...
Believe it!! My feet felt freezing during chemo, and it was awkward to switch out gel-packs for feet and hands myself, so I let my feet go a few times. And now I have neuropathy. 
Use the ice!!