Tykerb Rash...help?
Hi. My name is Laura and I am a Stage IV survivor recently put on Tykerb in August of this year. I am taking it with Xeloda. I have handled the majority of side effects okay, but I have this rash. I have tried different cleansers as my skin is really sensitive. I didn't want to resort to taking topical meds to counteract the rash as those can sometimes be pretty harsh.
Do you all have any suggestions? I have read that lots of you have had the rash and that is common. Just not sure if I should take a more natural approach with cleansers or if I should try to get a prescription to conquer this thing.
My only concern is that I don't want to do less of the dosage. I want to stay at the dose I am at.
Any help you can provide me would be great!
Thanks!
Laura
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Diagnosed January 2005 at 32
Dx: Stage IV IDC with DCIS surrounding tumor, ER-, PR- HER2+, 1.6 cm primary tumor, grade III, 1/5 + nodes (.3mm focal point), 1 tumor on liver (1cm)
Surgery: Bilateral mastectomy with TRAM flap reconstruction
Treatment: 4 rounds dense dose EC, 12 rounds Taxol + Herceptin, indefinitely
Restaging in August 2005 at 33
Dx: Stage IV, 1 liver met (1cm),
Surgery: Liver resection as tumor was small enough to remove, interoperational sonogram identified no other liver lesions.
Treatment: 6 rounds of taxotere, carboplatin completed in January 2006.
Restaging in July 2007:
Dx: 2 lung lesions approx 1cm each
Surgery/treatment: in discussion with tumor board an oncology team.
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