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Erbirash-B-Gone

rthornton
rthornton CSN Member Posts: 346 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
No Erbitux = no Erbirash, right? Tomorrow is my last chemotherapy infusion for a while. I'll have an eight week break and then have to start chemotherapy again in June (although I have heard about a new drug called Panitumumab that acts the same way as Erbitux but does not cause a rash that is as intense). So, does anyone know how long it takes the Erbirash to subside? With an eight week break will there be at least a few weeks that I will look like a normal person again?

Rodney
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  • joanneire
    joanneire CSN Member Posts: 75 Member
    #2
    Hi!
    My boyfriend only gets erbitux every 3 weeks and by the end of the 3 weeks the rash is practically gone. Best of luck!!!

    Joanne
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  • KathiM
    KathiM CSN Member Posts: 8,027 Member
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    Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay!

    Last chemo! Even for 'awhile' is celebration time! I didn't have Erbitux, but my symptoms from my copious list of chemo's didn't last much longer than 2 weeks.

    Hugs,
    Kathi
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  • jenalynet
    jenalynet CSN Member Posts: 361 Member
    #4
    Hi Rodney,
    I don't know much about the rash but I bet you'll enjoy the break..I am always thinking of you since we both started with the same amount of lesions in our livers....Hugs to you...Audrey
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