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Sherryg683 · 07-06-2008, 04:13 PM

I had really bad hand/foot syndrome with Xeloda. My feet looked like I had walked on hot coal, my hands were blistered too. This can be helped by adjusting the dose, I had to take some days. It didn't start happening to me till about the second round of treatments, it took time to build in my system. It's a great drug though, it helped with my mets..sherryg683

07-06-2008, 04:13 PM	#7
Sherryg683 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,014	I had really bad hand/foot syndrome with Xeloda. My feet looked like I had walked on hot coal, my hands were blistered too. This can be helped by adjusting the dose, I had to take some days. It didn't start happening to me till about the second round of treatments, it took time to build in my system. It's a great drug though, it helped with my mets..sherryg683 __________________ Sherry Diagnosed: December , 2005 at age 44 13+ positive lymph nodes Stage IV , Her2+, 2 small mets to lungsChemo Started: Jan, 2006 4 months Taxotere, Xeloda, Hercepin NED since April 2006!! 36 Rads to follow with weekly Herceptin indefinately 8 years NED now Scans every year Life is not about avoiding the thunderstorms, it's about learning to dance in the rain!