cheryl58's Cancer Blog
February 9, 2008
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To all fellow cancer warriors I have a question I will be starting chemo on Thurs this week one of the drugs I will be on it Xeloda it’s a oral drug is their any one that has been on this drug? Any advice about managing the side effect would be much appreciated by me :-) Thank you in advance for your support.
Cheryl
06.22.08 - 
Thanks for your support -
Cheryl,
I didn’t know whether I should respond or not because I have nothing nice to say about this drug. I took it at the end of chemo when my body was having a hard time with all the drugs.
Keep in mind some people have absolutely no problem with it, I couldn’t function. The only thing I remember was fatigue so bad I couldn’t get up. They tried adjusting the dose but I couldn’t deal. But again, I know a lot of people that didn’t have a problem with it. I took it at the end of a very long hard battle, my body was shot. If I remember right it was about 2 weeks into it when I felt the effects the strongest so if you get thru the first 2 weeks you will probably do fine. Good Luck Donna
I ws on it for almost a year—only real problem I had was hand and foot syndrome. My feet got very bad and I finally went off it. If your feet get dry buy sone bagbalm and put it on thick every night and then cover with socks. This really helped and got me through many months. The foot pain started later on many months on, and subsided on off week…good luck!
Sue thank you for the advice. Would you believe I haven’t started the Xeloda yet. My Ins. copay was 385.95 for 14 day supply I could not afford it. My Dr. and my chemo RN worked really hard and got the drug co. to help me out so I am waiting for it to be delivered some time this week.
Thanks again
Cheryl58