Postby Hannah » Sun Nov 19, 2006 2:02 pm
Hi CB,
Lower back/side pain is one of the side effects of infusional 5FU - it is on the list of "less common" rather than "more common" effects, but happens to enough people that it is listed. Strangely, in oral 5FU (Xeloda) it is actually one of the more common effects for patients being treated for metastatic disease.
Talk to your husband's doc about what he can take if he needs something for the pain - the drugs are there for a reason, and he shouldn't be in pain!
Hannah
Hannah K. Vogler
Co-Founder, The Colon Club
cousin of Amanda Sherwood Roberts
dx 1/99 Stage III at age 24
died January 1, 2002 at age 27