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Similar Side Effects on Ty/Xe
Hi Brenda,
I just get the second one that you mention:
the sores on the tongue seems to start by the end of the second week on the Xeloda, and slowly clear up on my week off. I take it as a delayed side effect.
Hey, some people don't even get to do chemo and get blisters/sores!
My only serious problem is tiredness, extreme!
Since overall I feel quite well I try getting on with my life normally and by 6 or 7 at night I'm soo tired I feel quite overwhelmed. Cannot sleep though, cannot read, don't like stupid TV, somehow cannot finish my day. The only thing that seems to help is spending the morning resting, watching a movie or sg. but of course that makes me feel guilty.
To finish on a light note: It is hard to accept this new reduced me.
Fondly,
Odette
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May 18, 2006 Age 52,
Diagnosed infiltrating ductal carcinoma
er/pr- HER2 + 3.9 by FISH
June-August 2006 AC chemo
August-October 2006 Taxotere + Herceptin
November 18, 2006 Mastectomy 16 involved lymph nodes
Jan 2, 2007 start radiation
Stage IV, Jan 12, 2007 recurrence in cervical lymph nodes while on Herceptin, stopped Herceptin
Rad oncologist extended the radiation field, good response
Started Tykerb Xeloda on beginning of May 2007
Progression to lungs and conglomerate lymphadenopathy July 2007
Undecided about next treatment
'One does not get to choose one's adventures'
I'm experimenting with my diet, using green tea, flax seed curry and olive oil
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