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Starting 4th round
Hi,
I am currently in my off week of xeloda, and will begin my 4th round on Friday. My onc too wants me to stay on it as long as I can. I have been having bad side effects, and we are still tweaking the dosages. I am currently donig 3300 mg of xeloda and down to 750mg from 1250mg of tykerb.
I know I can't go on forever with the current dosage b/c the the side effects are just too limiting (bad hand/foot syndrome, and extreme fatigue at times, but the hand/foot syndrome is the worst). So we will talk about the dosage next week at my appt.
Oh..I have bone mets - left hip and lower spine and a mass on my chest. Thankfully it has not progressed past this for the past 4-1/2 years.
Brenda, you hit it on the head with your approach! We are becoming expert sailors!
Anne
Anne
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"Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark." --Rabindranath Tagore
Diagnosed Jan 2003
Bilateral Mastectomy (right prophylatic) Feb 2003
No reconstruction and no prosthesis - what you see is what you get :-)
6 rounds A/C ending August 2003
Tamoxifen til October 2004
Bone mets diagnosed October 2004
Herceptin (weekly) & Zometa (monthly) December 2004 - June 2007
Arimidex, Faslodex
Oophorectomy October 2005
Rads to left hip November 2005 - December 2005
Zometa quarterly now January 2007
Taxotere December 2005- July 2006
Tykerb (1250 mg) and Xeloda (3300mg) July 2007
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