Re: Back Again! - Xeloda - Port - stuff

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Jan, You mentioned that your husband has a difficult time driving

brecause the seat belt sits right on top of the port. Have him ask

the onc for a letter to carry in the car saying why he cannot wear a

seatbelt. My understanding is you can be exempt from the seatbelt law

if you have a doctors order. It is that way here in Indiana. You may

want to check the laws by you first to see if that applies. Ingrid

>

> So far the tingling in my throat seems to be lessening somewhat.

I was

> just so surprised to experience it within 30 minutes of leaving the

clinic.

> What's really bothering me is losing my hear from the Xeloda. That

just

> breaks my heart. Oh, vanity, thy name is Woman!! >

>

> Hi,

> You are the only other person I have seen on the list who mentioned

Xeloda.

> My husband is taking it, 1500 twice daily, along with daily

radiation. So

> far, he hasn't had any side effects from it but the radiation is

getting to

> him bigtime this weekend.(Halfway thru!!!) Extreme fatigue, severe

anal and

> inner rectum pain and burning and in the bathroom every hour. He

has three

> weeks to go and we are wondering if there will be any side effects

from the

> chemo. The doc made him take Friday off from the radiation and he

was

> pretty miserable all day, then yesterday was much worse. So last

evening I

> got on my broomstick and shoved some Darvocet and Tylenol down him

then

> followed it at bedtime with more Darvocet. He was only up twice

during the

> night and said this morning that he doesn't hurt and it is the most

he has

> slept in several weeks. What makes some men so darned stubborn???

He does

> complain of itching internally and I don't have a clue what to do

for that.

> Will ask the doc tomorrow about Anusol which was offered to him

last week

> and he refused. He has a ' Wayne' thing going on here:-)

Tough it out,

> etc. His port (currently for blood draws and for future

chemo) is on

> the left side and the only problem is when driving, the seat belt

goes smack

> dab across it, so I do the driving everywhere now.

> I am anxious to see if the tumor is shrinking but don't know when

there will

> be another scan. The 'pictures' they take every Monday they said

were of

> the bones, not the tumor. Any clues as to why??? Answers are

greatfully

> received........................

> Jan - caretaker of Bill

> DX 7-05 CC stage III

>