goodbye xeloda hullo to navelbine

Hi Wendy,  so glad to hear you can enjoy your food again. I only lasted on Xeloda for about 20 months. The treatment I'm on now is called Caelyx and is given I.V. every 28 days. which I thought would be alot better than going to the chemo ward weekly. The side effects kick in about a week after the infusion and last almost until the next lot of treatment is due. Apparently I am on the highest dose and can be reduced. I have had a rash , foot and hand syndrome , mouth ulcers and oral thrush. Its really sending my tumour markers tumbling and a couple of bone mets have got smaller and 2 skull bone mets have disappeared. I'm hoping to be able to stay on this chemo as it seems to be working the best that I have been on for a while. In March I will have been on treatment for 7 years. Some days I wonder if it is worth going through the side effects when I know that it is not going to cure me of cancer . I dont feel depressed, I just wish we could have a bit more quality of life . I have spoken to my oncologist last week about it and she agrees. So if things don't improve with the side effects, she will change the treatment . There always seems to be something else available .,which is fortunate for us as we keep battling on. I have 2 friends who have brain mets after breast cancer and I see them coping so I keep on keeping on. Hope everything goes well for you.