Lee wrote:Was it a bad reaction? Can they keep him on steroids for awhile?
Lee

The redness n itchiness start from hand through all part of body, ya they did steriod and took him rest for hour, and start again with low dose like 2hr took 4 hr and 4 hrs took 6 hrs...

Lee wrote:Butt I may be confused, has he been desensitized in the past?

Lee

Not before but this was second cycle of desensitized which also got allergy.

My first time with chemo I did 19 rounds - the first 8 I did FOLFOX and Vectibix (like Erbitux) and then I started to get sensitivity to the Oxy. So they just took away the Oxy and kept me on the remaining drugs for 11 more rounds. It got me to resectable (although in truth most of that came early ...

Hi All, We were doing treatment at mayo Rochester, taking erbitux, folfiri, for 8 cycle first treatment with 4 cycle works as ctscan showed tumors were responding, but Unfortunately after 4 cycle Of folfiri didn’t respond like at perirectal it increased 2.2 and more small new tumors are seen at both...

Thank you for reply, my husband started his treatment again with Folfiri + cetuximab, provided cetuximab, Irinotecan + leucovorin as infusion and 5FU for 46 hrs taken at home by pump. While taking chemo did you face any tireness, or fatigue. like my husband just laid down and close his eyes after hi...

Hi all, Last scan showed the tumor are increasing in size at peritoneal and perirectal, also new nodules are seen at right lung and increasing at left lung. Any one has same issue like this and if yes what chemo are you taking on this, however I am allergy to Oxi and xeloda is not working for me. I ...

Yes we are from MN, our local oncology is from U, with long discussion with team they want to do open surgery at perirectal and peritoneal if possible. They want to hold chemo as my husband is getting lot of bowel movements everyday, like he is chemo break since end of Jan and still have abdominal p...

Thank you for your reply Claudine, recently found are at perirectal and pelvis both of them are around 4mm. Previous one at left lung, at right lung surgery is already done.

Hi all, as you know that last ct, pet scan , colonoscopy and ultrasound endoscopic confirmed that tumor is metastatic to perirectal and assuming at peritoneal too. As per your experience, can we do surgery on these places as well as one spot at lung rather getting chemo. Last visit it was told that ...

Hi,
Do any one have metastatic to peritoneal and perirectal nodule? what treatment do we have if it is metastatic to this area?

Thank you
Suniva

Thank you for sharing good news, your story really gives me hope for my husband.

Hi All, Yesterday we got appointment with doctor after 3 cycle of chemo 1 and half with oxilipatin and xeloda, 1 and half with xeloda along. CT scan showed slightly increase in nodule left lung from 5X5 mm (on sep 26) to 7X6 mm(yesterday scan). Doctor want to stick with same xeloda along for 3 more ...

Hi, As my husband got allergic to Oxiliplatin, doctor planned to take oral chemo (xeloda) for a month by two weeks in medicine and one week off, and get checked the scan and will only decision for next treatment though recent CT scan showed tumor is growing from 5mm to 7mm. It look weird that it loo...

Hi,
As I husband get allergic to Oxliplatin, they stopped to give oxliplatin and just to have xeloda alone for a month. Is any one having xeloda alone without oxliplatina and working for colon cancer metastatic to lung?

Thank you

Hi, Do any one got this symptom while doing infusion with oxalipatin? Yesterday my husband did 10th cycle of infusion with oxalipatin, at half of the dose his hand and body get itchy and redness, and they stopped the infusion and send to ER for monitor? Do you any one have this experience? Is this n...