I'm glad I could make you feel better. Im going to sneak my email in here and maybe you can email me before they catch it. You can find me at kidznkim on hotmail and yahoo I also have messanger. The taxatere gave me neruopathy... the numbness in your legs and the pain. I was on neurotin but it didnt help. I have learned to deal with it. Feels like little ant crawling from my calf down 24/7. I do take tylenol 3 as needed. I have two disabled children. one is 17 and in a wheelchair. So I do alot of lifting. Thats how we found the bone cancer. I thought I had pulled something in my tailbone. after a couple of months it was still there. Not a bad pain... just felt like a bruise. But because of my history and my amazing family doc he ordered me to have a bone scan. Thats when it showed up on one rib and pelvic. I had just had my 2 year check up and all my blood work was fine. Shows how much thats shows you. then a pet scan was ordered. From what I understand it will show cancer anywhere. After 3 months of hormonal treatment the oet scan showed it had shrunk in the tailbone and the spot on the rib was gone. Then this last scan had nothing on it. I still feel pain. But still like a bruise. But im like you with all the joint pain I would swear it had spread all over me. So now I have a scan in 6 months. Its so hard living like this. You just never know. My son that has autism said mon its like a volcano just dont know when it will erupt. He said it might stay dormant for a 100 years....hahaha I pray alot, I stay positive as much as I can. But I also have my nights when I just want to cry when nobody is around. My babie's need me and i will fight as long as I can. When this stops working i will have chemo again. That is something im not looking forward to. I have had all the chemo's you mentioned and cytoxin was the easiest. the other two are so hard. I havent had the xeloda. I dont know anything about that med. But as long as this is working and I pray for a long time. Im not making any changes. My oncologist, sister has been in remission 9 years from breast cancer after it had spread to her bone and liver. So I hold onto that. I would love to talk to someone that has had simular situation as mine that has been in remission a long time. Hopefully you catch my email on here... Like I said its kidznkim at either hotmail or yahoo.... same name on both. Look forward to talking to you.
God bless
Kim