Need advice on ice/cold caps and ice gloves/ socks
my wife is about to start chemotherapy next week for her triple negative b.c. Trying to find cold caps and ice gloves / socks for the procedure. Seems like insurance companies has no idea about these. We can only see those items on Amazon but not sure what to pick. Any suggestions or recommendations?
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I got the NatraCure brand off Amazon and they worked well. I had a second set of inserts to change out halfway through. I wore thin cotton gloves that I bought in the pharmacy section of Walgreens and thin socks (just ones I already owned) underneath the frozen ones to protect against frostbite. I did develop a slight bit of neuropathy but nothing painful and it never affected my abilities, so I guess the ice gloves/socks did their job. I did not cold cap, so I can't speak to that.
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Hi @emarschalik -
Sorry for the reasons you are here, but glad you have found us. Welcome to the boards.
I used the SuzziPad brand on Amazon and they worked well. I brought along a small cooler to keep the ice in until it was time to put them on.
For cold capping, you need to talk to the facility where your wife is getting chemo. They need to have the machines to attach to the Cold Caps and you need to get it from the vendor. I used Paxman. The other common brand is Penguin. You can google and see their websites. It is unlikely at this late date that you will be able to get all of this set up by next week and it may be that your facility doesn't offer this. It is also quite expensive. Some people have done cold capping without the vendor, but this requires a lot of prep and work (and dry ice I think). If you do some reading in the following thread, you will find out more:
You are correct. Most insurance companies do not cover any of this unfortunately.
Good luck to you and your wife as you go on this journey. Take things one step at a time.
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