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pill chemo

flyguide
flyguide CSN Member Posts: 27
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
can anyone with experience with pill chemo tell me if side effects get better when you switch too pills..especially eating ..thanks you
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  • luv3jay
    luv3jay CSN Member Posts: 533 Member
    #2
    Are you talking about
    Are you talking about Xeloda?

    -sheri
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  • flyguide
    flyguide CSN Member Posts: 27
    #3
    luv3jay said:

    Are you talking about
    Are you talking about Xeloda?

    -sheri

    yes i think so
    yes i think so.. my doc said maybe later i can switch to pill chemo and thats the only one i know
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  • Brenda3.16
    Brenda3.16 CSN Member Posts: 209
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    flyguide said:

    yes i think so
    yes i think so.. my doc said maybe later i can switch to pill chemo and thats the only one i know

    Xeloda had very few side
    Xeloda had very few side effects for me. I take it for 7 days then am off for 7 days. The only side effect that I got was the hand foot syndrome. My hands and feet are very dry, and my feet are sore at times, but it doesn't keeping from doing any normal activities. I felt very 'normal' when on Xeloda alone.
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  • mnmassie
    mnmassie CSN Member Posts: 7
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    if you are talking about
    if you are talking about Xeloda then the answer is MAYBE. all chemo has potential tough to deal with side effects. I took it for 6 weeks along with radiation treatment as my first round of chemo. I had almost no side effects! for me it was a breeze, other than having to swallow horse size pills! good luck.
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