Positive vibes coming you way for today!

I was on Xeloda for 6 months and I have been done for over 2 years. I used to be able to go, go,go....now I go and stop! I find that I have more energy in the morning, but by the afternoon, it is done. It is very frustrating to say the least. My mind says one thing, but my body says another.

Hi all, this is very sudden for me. I know very little since this is all happening so fast. In July, I was scheduled to get my hernia surgery and a week prior I went in for preadmit testing and my blood work can back 6.4 hemoglobin. Well, they put that surgery on hold and sent me to the hematologis...

Sending positive vibes for a clean scan....I hate scanxiety!

I was on Xeloda for 6 months and it was doable. It did not interfere with my lifestyle. I worked, went out and had my martinis on the week off. I was a little more tired, but people did not even know I was on chemo...plus I did not need a port!

Surgery was deemed a success. "We got everything we planned" was the 1st comment from the surgeon. Stayed in hospital for 2.5 days. Some soreness but no major pain. Did not need painkiller. When the occasional coughing (from tube irritation?) caused soreness on incision sites, used cough ...

Hello all, its been a while since I posted. I had an extended right hemicolectomy on 7/19 to remove a 5cm mass from my TC. It was originally supposed to be done by robot, but they had to convert because of its locations. They took 2/3 of my colon. The surgery lasted approx 2 hours and everything we...

Maintenance therapy with single-agent anti-EGFR panitumumab resulted in inferior outcomes compared with panitumumab combined with fluorouracil-leucovorin in patients with RAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer, according to the results of the phase II VALENTINO study. https://www.cancernetwork....

Hi everyone! Great news . Even though They sent my results since last Friday . But I didn’t want to open it or look at it til I saw my oncologist . Was too nervous, in case I didn’t understand it . Well Saw my oncologist today and my ct scan is CLEAR. Feeling so happy and grateful. Thank you so muc...

Hello, just turned 49. Always in shape, haven't eaten red meat in over 20 years, non smoker, light beer drinker, excercise 4-5 a week. No family history. Mid may I had some rectal bleeding that I went to the ER for They did a CT scan with contrast and bloodwork. Everything came back normal. To be s...

I had a right hemicolectomy and once in a blue moon I do get diarrhea, but most times I go one time a day...that is normal. If it is not hard to pass, your bowels are back to normal. I eat fruits and salads to keep me from getting constipated.

Promising clinical trials using combination therapies that inhibit the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway and alternative active pathways have demonstrated major advances for patients with BRAF V600E–mutated mCRC. https://www.cancernetwork.com/colorectal-cancer/evolving-strategies-mana...

I was on Xeloda for 6 months, 3000 mg per day. 500 mg (3 pills) in the morning and 500mg (3 pills in the evening). I would wake up around 6:00am and eat a piece of toast with a banana and take my pills around 15 minutes later. I would than eat something around 9-10 because I was hungry. Dinner was b...

My 5 year scope is coming up in August and I'm already anxious about it.....and, of course, the prep. They Rx'd me Preopik which hubs had a few years back BUT.....I am doing the Gatorade/Miralax/Dulcolax prep. This is the prep that I do. Will be having my 3rd scope in the fall. I take 2 Dulcolax 2 ...

So they're recommending 6 months of xeloda. I'm told it confers about a 2% reduction in recurrence rate in people with cancer like mine. The only side effect that really makes me nervous is the hand foot thing, one thing I read said to avoid tub baths (I was really hoping be able to use my hot tub ...