Thanks for your Christmas greetings. I hope you had a good day and that your first day of Xeloda has gone well. Have you experienced tingly fingers yet? That's an easy side effect to live with but I sometimes wear thin gloves when handling cold objects. I'm finding it's a bit like riding a roller coaster - some days are great and others difficult and I've yet to discover the reason for the variances. I seem to be tolerating Xeloda quite well and so I suspect it's about finding the right diet to ensure a comfortable bowel at all times.
My treatment started with an infusion of Oxaliplatin last Thursday which lasted around 2 hours. That was easy. Since then I have been taking 3 x 500mg pills of Capecitabine (Xeloda) twice a day but the first 3 days also included steroid and anti-sickness pills which, combined, might have been the cause of the awful constipation a week ago. I've stopped taking laxatives and so it now seems to be a question of diet management. This roller coaster experience has resulted in some days, such as yesterday, when I have felt very well (5,500 steps achieved fairly easily), but not quite as good today (only 3,300 so far). Maybe it was the first red wine for weeks when a couple of grandkids visited yesterday! I hope your experience goes well and that you have no discomfort.
We have had lovely sunny weather over Christmas with temperatures of 9C / 48F at times. Good to hear you're not affected by the icy conditions elsewhere. Keep in touch.