sue_lonie
12 years agoMember
Xeloda
Hi,
Today I started on Xeloda and am worried about side effects. Earlier this year I found I had more metastes in my hip and collar bone. The Oncologist put me on Everolimus and I was unable to tol...
I take xeloda 1 week on and 1 week off. I started taking it this time in December 2013. My hands are red and peeling and my feet are red and hard and cracked and I occasionally I get blisters on my heels. My tumor marker numbers are still going down. Last couple times it was 21.3, 20.3 then 19.0. I feel great other than my feet and hand problems. I have a PET scan in a couple weeks, and hope to hear good news. My dr says the numbers can change from day to day a little bit. I had blood work once, and it was over 70 (not on the xeloda), then they re tested me a week later, and it was a little different. I think it was 72. I have been told uner 37 is good. Although, my dr said mine isnt reliable to say if I do or dont have cancer still. My friend who is cancer free now, for 7 years, just got tested, and her number is 16.8. I guess that is normal. Mine have been down to 16 at the lowest, and 105 at the highest, but not recently.