CancerCompass message board discussion started by gardengirl on 3/22/2008 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,22249,0.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ I will be starting  XELODA treatments for my breast cancer soon and would like some feed-back from anyone taking this medication.  Did you do well on the drug, how long were you on it etc.?  gardengirl Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT  On 3/22/2008 gardengirl wrote:I will be starting  XELODA treatments for my breast cancer soon and would like some feed-back from anyone taking this medication.  Did you do well on the drug, how long were you on it etc.? gardengirlIsnt this the chemo pill?  Just curious too because I have read that this chemo is in a pill form and it is in the same family with the avastin and herceptin as far as medicines and does the same to the cancer trying to grow and spread..  I am presenting having herceptin treatments..actually I had my first one last Wednesday.. I was expecting the worst side effects but so far not to bad..  If the xeloda is the same type of antibody that the herceptin is then hopefully the side effects are also mild..  I hope so, as I have been told that if this herceptin works to keep my cancer at bay then the dr. is going to try me on the pill form of it, and with what I have read this xeloda is the pill form..  so let us know how you are doing on this medicine..  I have the overexpression of the her2gene and it sounds like you may have also?  Best wishes..Jodie Jodie Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Hi, I am new here and I sure hope I am doing this right.  My daughter is 36.  Sept 2006  she found a lump.  Lumpectomy, back in again to get cleaner margins, a round of chemo (AC) and then radiation.  Then she found a lump in the other breast.  She had a double mastectomy, chemo (Taxol) and while on chemo found another lump on that breast (there was no breast, but some tissue always remains.)  They realized chemo doesn't work so well so they did radiation for 30 days.  She did have to take a break because the skin was so raw they could not make markers.  We were hopeful she was done and on her CT scan she had 2 weeks ago they found 2 spots on one lung and 1 spot on the other.  She had Ixempra (Ixabepilone) intravaneous on March 24 and on March 25 began taking the Xeloda (capecitabine) daily.  She is taking 2 pills 2 times a day.  I am scared beyond belief.  She has metaplastic breast cancer.  She went back to work on Thursday the 27th.  She and I actually love working.  I told her as long as she was working for herself and not for money, they company or any other reason - she should work.  So far she is queasy in the tummy and tired.  Her neuropathy is frustrating, but manageable.  She does however require meds to help her sleep or the neuropathy will keep her up all night.  She also gets achy muscles after a huge bout with the neuropathy.  It is like her muscles try very hard to control the nerves and they ache as if she has just done a muscle builder's workout. I will keep you posted as much as I can.  It helps me to talk about it.  If only I could take this on instead of her.  Annette   teeteesmom Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT