Tykerb Rash--"where The Sun Don't Shine"
OKAY....I'VE BEEN ON TYKERB A WEEK. I HAVE HAD THE "FUN RUN" SEVERAL TIMES THIS WEEK...A FEW TRIPS TO THE BATHROOM AND THEN I SEEM TO BE OKAY FOR THE DAY. TODAY I GET UP AND I SEE A SMALL RASH "WHERE THE SUN DON'T SHINE". I HAVE HYDROCORTISONE BUT WOULD LIKE OTHER OVER THE COUNTER SUGGESTIONS. I REALLY DON'T WON'T TO CALL THE DOCTORS OFFICE---AFRAID HE WILL WANT TO SEE IT. BUT, DOES THIS MEAN I NEED THE DOSAGE CHANGED---I AM TAKING 5 PILLS A DAY. I KNOW I SHOULD BE OVER ANY SHYNESS ABOUT LETTING MY DOCTOR SEE MY BODY.......BUT I'M NOT.
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SHEILA (45)
09/2005--BREAST CANCER/8 POS NODES --A/C, MASTECTOMY,TAXOTERE, RADS, TAMOXIFEN,HERCEPTIN
02/2007--B/C METS TO OVARIES--HYSTERECTOMY, FASLODEX
12/2007--ENLARGING LYMPH NODES IN ABDOMEN--IXEMPRA, THEN TYKERB
08/2008--COLON TUMOR--A/C AGAIN,
12/2008--ABDOMEN TUMOR--AVASTIN/NAVELBINE FEMARA
05/2009--MET TO SPINE (L2) RADS
CURRENT TREATMENT
07/2009- START ZOMETA MONTHLY, XELODA & ABRAXANE......SURVIVING THE BEST I CAN
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