Tykerb/Xeloda continue to provide miracles

[Believe51]

Believe it or not, this post is exactly what my Dear Hubby & Myself needed today. His treatment has stopped working and his numbers are rising alarmingly fast. Hopefully, help is on the way. Thanks girls, we can always count on you all!! ..Waiting For A Miracle & Wearing MyGreen Shoes!!...>Believe51..(Marie G)

[Esther]

Aliceann:

I take the Tykerb 3 weeks on, then 1 week break. I had alot of breakouts and rash with the 5 pill a day regimen, so on my own (oh oh!!) cut it back to 3 pills a day.

I take Xeloda 2 pills twice a day. I was on a 2 weeks on, one week off, but my onc just changed me to one week on, one week off.

Even with this downsized schedule I continue to see marvelous results. When I owned to my onc that I had reduced the dosage, he said perhaps I only needed 3 pills of the Tykerb regimen.

[SoCalGal]

Hi Esther,

Due to side effects, my onc cut me back from 5 pills to 4 pills a day, which left me feeling MUCH better. I just got my marker results, and in the 2 weeks that I've been cut, my cea and ca-15 started to climb again - cea up to 10 from 6 and ca-15 up to 32 from 29. It's not that the numbers are so high, it's that they came slamming down and were stable 2 weeks ago and now have gone up. Sigh... (Am also doing xeloda for 14 days on and 7 days off.)

I just wanted to mention my results. I am discouraged by the rise in markers.

--Flori