Appreciate the replies and definitely did not mean to insinuate that I am more knowledgeable than the doctors because I am not---but ours don't seem to be truly listening to us in terms of symptoms, etc. In fact, when the severe stomach pains first began, it took me 4 days for ANYONE at the office t...

Update: we ended up in the ER where he had a CT scan with contrast. This was one day AFTER we saw his oncologist who said it was simply gastritis. It was not. He has ileitis from the capecitabine. They paused his treatment for one week, have given him an anti-spasmodic,lomotil and a bland diet to se...

They have only done bloodwork, no new CT Scans since his last one was only 3.5 weeks ago. Don’t think it’s the Oxa since he has only had one infusion, also 3 weeks ago and this is a new development in the past 7 days that has gotten progressively worse. The Olanzapine they just prescribed caused him...

My husband was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer/peri Mets after an emergency resection in January. He started Xelox/Capox regimen 3 weeks ago and the first two weeks he tolerated it well but then developed severe abdominal pains when the first bite of any food hits his stomach (not nausea but th...