Re: Xyloda protocol
Ewww Xeloda..that stuff was ruff on me. My hands and feet were like burned meat. Standard dose is 2 weeks on /1 off. I also had to take a lower dose later on . I started having the hand foot thing around my 3rd round. It worked for me though. sherryg
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Sherry
Diagnosed: December , 2005 at age 44
13+ positive lymph nodes
Stage IV , Her2+, 2 small mets to lungsChemo Started: Jan, 2006
4 months Taxotere, Xeloda, Hercepin
NED since April 2006!!
36 Rads to follow with weekly Herceptin indefinately
8 years NED now
Scans every year
Life is not about avoiding the thunderstorms, it's about learning to dance in the rain!
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