NHMike wrote:
I got Hand/Foot in Adjuvant Chemo. I didn't get it during Neo-Adjuvant and I think that's because the dose was lower and I only took Xeloda during the week. WIth Adjuvant, I took it 14 days in a row, so things built up, then declined on the week off. But eventually, it didn't go away on the rest week.
I'm light-skinned Chinese and I had the darkening on the backs of my hands and the tops of my feet.
Thank you for that info, Mike. Sorry, adjuvant means post-surgery, right? I think? So right now, I'm on neo-adjuvant Xeloda (pre-surgery). But I'm doing the 2 weeks on, one week off program.
AAAAAND I just started my Xeloda again today. I was off of it for a whole week until today. Shouldn't this dark skin have improved during my off week? It doesn't look any different than when I first noticed it a week ago.
And while we're on the topic of skin, let me tell you something very weird: for the past couple of years, I have had two patches of eczema - one on each knee. It just looked like dry skin, and only itched a little bit, on occasion. If I really wanted to hide it, like if I was wearing an outfit that showed my legs, then some Vaseline would do the trick. But after starting chemo, the eczema has been totally gone! Is that normal? Chemo gets rid of eczema?