Postby VeggieLvr » Sat May 18, 2019 3:50 pm
When I started on Erbitux I decided not to take the antibiotic (Minocycline) because I just don't like antibiotics - well once the rash started in earnest it was crazy - basically tons of tiny pimples all over my face (that I couldn't help not squeezing!). So I started the Minocycline (100 mg once a day) and the rash cleared up very quickly.
As far as the finger cuts, I found an amazing product called CrackZapIt! (you can get it on Amazon). It's like a chapstick and it works amazingly well to not only treat the cuts so they heal but to prevent them. What I do it put the stuff all over my fingers every night right before bed (I really slather it on as much as I can) and then sleep - I have no cuts on my hands now (whereas when I started treatment, before using CrackZapIt!, I had 10-15 cuts all over my fingers).
I mention it every time I go for treatment now (both to Sandy at MSK and to the nurses) - this stuff is amazing! (I should probably start a new post about it!). The liquid bandaids that they recommended did nothing for me (except hurt every time I used it!).
F, 42, Stage IV CC
2/23/18 - colonoscopy/virtual colonoscopy, diagnosed CC
3/6/18 - left hemicolectomy, 12" removed, clear margins. Multiple mets to lymph nodes (removed), omentum & liver, 1 possible lung met
4/6/18 - port install
4/9/18 - Folfox (Oxaliplatin/Leucovorin/5FU) 4 rounds
6/19/18 - liver resection, HAI pump install
8/30/18 - Folfiri (Irinotecan/Leucovorin/5FU)
12/5/18 - Erbitux added
5/28/19 - 2nd liver resection/ablation