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Fingertip numbness + Opdivo
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Fingertip numbness + Opdivo

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    • May 29, 2019 at 11:44 pm
    201Don
    Participant
      I just did my 3rd infusion with 9 more to go. Side effects minimal so far.
      I have started to have some tingling in my fingertips, that feeling like when
      your foot is asleep. I seem to have it about half of the time. I am wondering
      if anyone else experienced this or maybe it has nothing to do with the infusions.
      I still have the fatigue and nausea but that is fine.
      Don
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        • May 30, 2019 at 5:20 pm
        Edwin
        Participant
          Sometimes near the end of a run on the first or second day after receiving an infusion of Opdivo my fingers have tingled, felt asleep, more toward the fingertips. This may be related to the fatigue I have after an infusion of Opdivo.
            • May 31, 2019 at 12:42 pm
            Edwin
            Participant
              I received an infusion of Opdivo Wednesday morning. This morning ( Friday ) I ran 5 miles, the last 5 kilometers in 30:52. That was too far. From mile 4 to mile 5 my fingers and forearms tingled mostly in my fingertips.
              • June 1, 2019 at 4:18 am
              201Don
              Participant
                My numbness has been sporadic, sometimes in fingers sometimes in feet. They ran labs to check for B12 and I was on lower end of normal range.
                So now I am taking 1000mcg of B12 per day. Maybe it will help with numbness and fatigue we will see.
                • June 8, 2019 at 1:27 pm
                bethy62
                Participant
                  Unrelated to my Melanoma I have had B12 deficiency diagnosis for years. I require injection, but yes I most definitely have numbness in finger tips when it is low. I am on Opdivo now and B12 in normal range with no numbness.
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