Xeloda girls and boys please give your input

New Flower
New Flower Member Posts: 4,294
edited July 2012 in Breast Cancer #1
Hello my dear friends,
I hope everyone is enjoying holidays.
I took my first dose today, very anxious about side effects and efficacy of this chemo drug for me.
I having several questions:
What was your initial dose for first week?
How far in dose did you go?
Do you have any advice or tips for minimizing side effects
Thank you very much
New Flower

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  • Gabe N Abby Mom
    Gabe N Abby Mom Member Posts: 2,413
    #2
    Hi Olga,
    I really hope the
    Hi Olga,

    I really hope the xeloda works for you. I didn't really have any side effects with this, it's the easiest chemo I've done. So there was nothing to minimize.

    I took 3000mg/day, 1500 in the am and 1500 in the pm. I don't remember for sure how long I took it...it would have been at least a month, maybe two. If I remember right, I did two weeks on and one week off.

    Best wishes to you. Have happy safe celebrations today.

    Hugs,

    Linda
  • New Flower
    New Flower Member Posts: 4,294
    #3
    Gabe N Abby Mom said:

    Hi Olga,
    I really hope the
    Hi Olga,

    I really hope the xeloda works for you. I didn't really have any side effects with this, it's the easiest chemo I've done. So there was nothing to minimize.

    I took 3000mg/day, 1500 in the am and 1500 in the pm. I don't remember for sure how long I took it...it would have been at least a month, maybe two. If I remember right, I did two weeks on and one week off.

    Best wishes to you. Have happy safe celebrations today.

    Hugs,

    Linda

    Linda Thank you
    Linda
    Thanks you. Can you imagine Chemo, which kills cancer and does not have side effects.
    Hugs back
  • AngieD
    AngieD Member Posts: 493
    #4
    New Flower said:

    Linda Thank you
    Linda
    Thanks you. Can you imagine Chemo, which kills cancer and does not have side effects.
    Hugs back

    My husband was on Xeloda
    My husband was on Xeloda from last July until the end of the year for his EC. He took 2000 mg in the morning and 1500 mg at night on a 3 week cycle--2 weeks on; one week off. They never changed his dosage. (He also got Oxaliplatin IV on the first day of each cycle which caused increasing cold sensitivity, but that's a given with that drug.) He had fatigue, but no nausea or other problems. At first, he wouldn't take the "Drink lots of fluids" seriously and got dizzy and had to get IV's twice, but after that was OK.

    Hope you have lots of success and no problems with it!

    Angie
  • MAJW
    MAJW Member Posts: 2,510 Member
    #5
    AngieD said:

    My husband was on Xeloda
    My husband was on Xeloda from last July until the end of the year for his EC. He took 2000 mg in the morning and 1500 mg at night on a 3 week cycle--2 weeks on; one week off. They never changed his dosage. (He also got Oxaliplatin IV on the first day of each cycle which caused increasing cold sensitivity, but that's a given with that drug.) He had fatigue, but no nausea or other problems. At first, he wouldn't take the "Drink lots of fluids" seriously and got dizzy and had to get IV's twice, but after that was OK.

    Hope you have lots of success and no problems with it!

    Angie

    Xeloda...
    I took Xeloda for 7 months...one week on and one week off...took 1500 mg in the morning and 1500 mg in the evening..as I said before, no SE..my hair thinned some but that's it....nothing else at all...As Linda said it's the easiest treatment I've had to endure! It gave me 7 months of a normal life and I am grateful for those 7 months!

    You should just do just fine on it!
    Hugs, Nancy
  • New Flower
    New Flower Member Posts: 4,294
    #6
    MAJW said:

    Xeloda...
    I took Xeloda for 7 months...one week on and one week off...took 1500 mg in the morning and 1500 mg in the evening..as I said before, no SE..my hair thinned some but that's it....nothing else at all...As Linda said it's the easiest treatment I've had to endure! It gave me 7 months of a normal life and I am grateful for those 7 months!

    You should just do just fine on it!
    Hugs, Nancy

    Thank you Nancy and Angie
    Thank you Angie for very good suggestion about drinking liquids and water. I am feeling like I am more thirsty than normal.
    Thank you Nancy for encouragement.
    Let's hope and pray it is going to work
    Hugs
    New Flower
  • Bella Luna
    Bella Luna Member Posts: 1,578 Member
    #7
    New Flower said:

    Thank you Nancy and Angie
    Thank you Angie for very good suggestion about drinking liquids and water. I am feeling like I am more thirsty than normal.
    Thank you Nancy for encouragement.
    Let's hope and pray it is going to work
    Hugs
    New Flower

    In my thoughts and prayers
    Thinking of you and hoping Xeloda has minimal side effects for you. Also, you are in my prayers as you begin with your treatment plan and I this drug does its job.

    Big Hugs and Much Love to You and Yours.
    Ines
  • New Flower
    New Flower Member Posts: 4,294
    #8
    Bella Luna said:

    In my thoughts and prayers
    Thinking of you and hoping Xeloda has minimal side effects for you. Also, you are in my prayers as you begin with your treatment plan and I this drug does its job.

    Big Hugs and Much Love to You and Yours.
    Ines

    for Jamie who is going to start Xeloda soon
    Jamie,
    Please read this. I have finished my first week that was OK.
    The only problem I is pain in my ribs, which is not related to Xeloda.
    Good luck

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