SuzziPad Cold Socks & Hand Ice Pack, Cooling Gloves for Chemotherapy, Chemo Care Package for Women and Men, S/M, Purple

These were recommended to me from my oncologist. These are great to use after Chemo. The quality of these are great. They are easy to use and get really cold. I have to use socks with these because they get a little to cold for me. I even bought the refill back so I can switch these out and have cold longer. Theses run a little large so I would order a smaller size. These have helped keep the neuropathy of getting bad. I have not had any trouble with the ice packs leaking. I also love the purple color.

Going thru chemo, I wore these ice booties/mitts weekly for an hour during the "bad" chemo treatment. (Not that any chemo is good for you...)By wearing these ice booties/mitts, it restricts the flow of blood into the capillaries (fingertips & toes). That then helps restrict the flow of chemo into those capillaries, preventing/lessening neuropathy.I suggest definitely wearing socks & thin cotton gloves. I dont have cotton gloves, so I just wore socks on my hands, too, to have a protective barrier from the extreme cold.Gel ice packs are easy to insert into the booties/mitts. Booties are easy to put on, as is 1st mitt. I always needed help putting on/fastening the 2nd mitt.Between weekly chemo treatments, I kept everything in the freezer together.

Didn’t stay cold enough had to ordered more packs

I love the color. It does get cold, which is nice, but I do wish it will hold the coldness for longer than about two hours, but it does serve his purpose in that moment.

I purchased these for my mom who is undergoing chemo and radiation to try to prevent neuropathy. I heard about these particular mitts and socks by the PA that I work for. She absolutely loves them! If she doesn't wear socks on her feet and hands under them she says it does get a little too cold (which is amazing because we travel 2 hours to chemo and they stay cold).

Easy to use and well made

They are too expensive since you need multiple pairs for 4 hours worth of carboplatin and paclitaxol plus time to cool down before and some time after. The socks and gloves are pretty big on small hands and 7.5 ladies feet, but the straps keep them on or they would just slide around. After a couple of infusions and becoming more sensitive to cold, they were too cold to wear without extreme pain even with compression socks and 2 pairs of surgical gloves on inside them so I would put my hands and feet on top of them which was as much as I could stand. Neither the compression or cold were very effective. Neuropathy set in but maybe that would be more without the cold socks and gloves. No way to know. It was less during the 6 treatments than after they were are all done. Even with compression, cold socks and gloves (doctor recommended), vitamin B's and ALA before and through out treatments (doctor recommended), the neuropathy at the end is pretty painful. One nurse did tell me I was more devoted with using them than most people she had seen. I do like the color and they are soft. I machine washed them each time in a laundry bag and hung them to dry. They came out nice. Be sure to fold over the velcro onto itself while washing or storing so it doesn't pick the fabric. Honestly, you would come out better filling a cooler full of zipper bags with ice and using towels the infusion center will give you.

Used these for the first time during my chemo. Staff loves them. Helped me put them on my feet. I did hands. I do recommend wearing a thin glove on your hands (like with feet having socks on). Its been days since. And I haven't had any progression of my neuropathy. I actually think it made it somewhat better.