Increased Heat Sensitivity - 1245101

I'll be interested to hear if others report the same thing. It's not something I specifically hear mentioned regularly by my patients, but quite a few of my patients reported various and sundry problems with temperature regulation, so I'd definitely call it plausible.

-Dr. West

Hi Follansbee,
I'm sorry there is more to deal with. I'm not sure but if this what you're talking about but I wonder if this plays a part.

This is pg. 2 of Dr. Lacouture's transcript. So, why is the skin so important? This slide illustrates the major roles of the skin. It is the largest organ in our bodies, which acts like a barrier that protects us from noxious environmental
bacteria, viruses and fungi. It also regulates our temperature in our bodies and enables us to
receive sensory impulses: the way we perceive things in the environment; heat or cold, and when
we touch things. And then the skin is very important because it also is in charge of forming a type
of vitamin called Vitamin D, which is very important for our overall health.
The skin is composed of three major layers that are illustrated in this slide. The outer-most
layer is called the epidermis. This is a very thin layer that undergoes constant renewal and is
changed every 28 days. In other words, every month you will have a completely new layer of
skin. The importance of this is that during chemotherapy treatment, most drugs block the activity
or the ability of cells in our bodies to divide or grow, and therefore most chemotherapy will not be
able to discriminate or differentiate between a cancer cell that they are destroying or a normal cell
such as skin cells that are growing, thereby leading to the dermatologic side effects that we will
see in the rest of the presentation.

http://cancergrace.org/cancer-treatments/2011/09/08/dr-mario-lacouture-…

I see. I don't think D ever experienced anything like that with chemo but just the opposite with tarceva.
Lets see what others have to say.