Hi Terry,
I am so hapy to hear you are close to the end of treatments. I hope you get the most boring scan a doctor has ever seen after that!! (I have come to really appreciate when they say -normal aspect of the rectum, liver, lungs, etc...).
Considering the pretty scary side effects of the oxaliplatin, we are wondering if my father should go back to folfori (5FU, leucovorin, irinotecan) in combination with Avastin. Folfiri seemed to have lost its power over the cancer, but there was no Avastin in the mix...
We are also considering a break in chemo to rest the body, but are wondering if oral 5Fu might be a good "support" chemo for a few months. My father has very little side effects from 5FU so we think it might help maintain the metastases and recurring tumor at a stable size while he gets the needles out of his fingers and feet!
Has anyone ever done the oral 5FU as part of a "resting period"?
Thanks!
Janie