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For those of you that have been on Xeloda and/or Tykerb and have some symptoms of hand/foot syndrome, how long were you taking these drugs before the symptoms started to show up?

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Andi
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Stage IIIC, 17 of 20 Nodes +, E+, Her2+++
Diagnosed 6/30/05
Lumpectomy 7/13/05
Dose Dense A/C x 4
Weekly Taxol + Herceptin x 12
Remainder of year Herceptin Every 3 weeks (completes 9/13/06)
Radiation completed 2/28/06
Currently on Tamoxifen
Dec 06 - Pleural effusion treated with pleurodesis
Now er/pr-, her2++
1/07 started weekly Navelbine plus Herceptin
Discontinued Tamoxifen
4/27/07 CTshowed progression
5/01/07 Began Tykerb/Xeloda + Zometa
5/22/07 Stopped treatment due to great progression

05-05-2007, 08:18 AM	#1
Andi Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: IOWA Posts: 243	Question re: hand/foot syndrome For those of you that have been on Xeloda and/or Tykerb and have some symptoms of hand/foot syndrome, how long were you taking these drugs before the symptoms started to show up? __________________ Andi -- ------------------------ Stage IIIC, 17 of 20 Nodes +, E+, Her2+++ Diagnosed 6/30/05 Lumpectomy 7/13/05 Dose Dense A/C x 4 Weekly Taxol + Herceptin x 12 Remainder of year Herceptin Every 3 weeks (completes 9/13/06) Radiation completed 2/28/06 Currently on Tamoxifen Dec 06 - Pleural effusion treated with pleurodesis Now er/pr-, her2++ 1/07 started weekly Navelbine plus Herceptin Discontinued Tamoxifen 4/27/07 CTshowed progression 5/01/07 Began Tykerb/Xeloda + Zometa 5/22/07 Stopped treatment due to great progression