Hi All, It has been a while since i have last posted, pressures of family life and work, since July when I finished my 6 months of CAPOX, they called me in on the 10th Dec for a CT scan and blood tests, then the wait began. Then on Thursday of last week my oncologist rang me out of the blue to infor...

HI, My diagnosis was the same as yours post surgery the staging was reduced to T3c N2a M0 From T4b N2a MO, after surgery I completed 6 months 8 cycles of capox, oxi stopped after 2 rounds due to complications and had 6 rounds of just Xeloda with only tiredness as the main side effect. Since I have s...

Hi Jacques, my hb levels were extremely low on first visit to my doctor hb was 57 then admitted to hospital and received 5 units of blood which took me to hb 102, stable enough for ct scan and colonoscopy found 7cm tumour staged at cT4a N1b M0 post surgery staged to pT3cN2a 4 out of 265 nodes infect...

Hi All, So on the 12/7 I finished my 6 month adjuvant chemo, it did not go as planned, it was meant to be 3 months capox but as I have written before I did not respond well to the oxi infusions so was extended to 6 months with just xeloda. Now I have the nervy time to wait until December for the fol...

Stu, thank you for your input and yes I am feeling a bit more positive each day.. I have just had word from my oncologist that my follow up plans are set for dec 2021 with a scan and blood works so now I have 6 months to rebuild my strength and health. Gym card renewed and have just bought a new bik...

Hi all, It has been a while since I have posted due to work issues and family commitments, I saw my oncologist yesterday 28/6 and was told that my chemo will end after this 8th cycle, I had been on capox to start with but due to oxi stopping me from breathing about 40 mins after the infusion ( no co...

I am on cycle 4 of capox 6 months 8 cycles, stopped with oxi last cycle due to adverse side effects still have slight ringing in my right ear, also a possible side effects of the Capecitabine (xeloda), hear it more at night.

Congrats, I had my central line pulled last week and the best thing about it is being able to feel clean after a long hot shower without the worry of getting it wet....

Hi, yes I am on just xeloda daily for 14 days then 1 week off, taking 1500mg in the morning and 2000mg at night, I did have an issue with diarrhoea so was given SPC flakes and take 1.5dl per day and this has stopped the issues and returned my bowl to normal funtion.

Hello all, Just an update for you with regards to my ongoing CAPOX, after meeting with my oncologist last week they have stopped the infusions of oxaliplatin and have taken out my picc line due to the two adverse reactions that I experienced. The initial cycles were going to be 3 months 4 cycles but...

I thank you for the welcome to the forum and I fully understand that non of you are qualified doctors that have posted answer, but believe me you have better knowledge of this than I do at this moment in time. Yes I have taken the premeds before the infusions on both occasions but it seems that this...

Hello to all of you, I have found this forum great for info and advice and now I am here to tell a little about my colon cancer journey so far and will be seeking some advice. the time line so far in sig below but want to share my issues so far. Started feeling a bit low back in June of 2020, I am a...