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Cate64
9 years agoMember
what to do??
Morning Girls, I am have one of 'those' days. SO close to tears & a complete meltdown. I have a rash all over my arms that is bright red & hot to touch & the Oncologist tells me its hand & foot syndr...
Cate64
9 years agoMember
@wendy_h67 it is listed as a side effect of my treatment but let me tell you how things have changed just in the last week....
They put me on 50mg of solone for 5 days & nothing still as bad as ever... that was some weeks ago..
Now my Mum is coeliac & so is my Dads brother so I was tested at my insistence as it can manifest as skin issues instead of gut issues, but i tested negative.
2 weeks ago i decided what the hell & completely eliminated gluten from my diet after 2 days a little improvement followed by no further improvement for 10 days now 3 days after that its almost gone...
So now Im wondering..... will see how things pan out during my next cycle of Xeloda, see if it comes back or not...
They put me on 50mg of solone for 5 days & nothing still as bad as ever... that was some weeks ago..
Now my Mum is coeliac & so is my Dads brother so I was tested at my insistence as it can manifest as skin issues instead of gut issues, but i tested negative.
2 weeks ago i decided what the hell & completely eliminated gluten from my diet after 2 days a little improvement followed by no further improvement for 10 days now 3 days after that its almost gone...
So now Im wondering..... will see how things pan out during my next cycle of Xeloda, see if it comes back or not...