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Prayers for you all in this journey! Sounds like I am on a similar protocl, 3 week cycles, 4 of them total. Read a paper that says not much difference in outcome between 3 or 6 months, so check with your doctors on that! Stage 2, already had surgery to remove the tumor. I have family during the first 2 rounds, but then will be on my own as well. Find a good Naturopathic Oncologist and do some pre-chemo protocols that will help you lesson the effects. Walk or other exercise every day if you can. Oxygen flow is so important. I start tomorrow, so the unknown of how I'll react has been unsettling. Be positive, Be thankful, Be persistent in doing the very best for yourself that you can! Again, prayers for all in this journey.....

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Are you on Oxaliplatin too? I start with an infusion of this, then Xeloda (Capecitabine) for 2 weeks, then a week off. I'm nearly 75% through a 3 month course. The pattern so far has been a tough first week, a much easier second and an almost normal third (like now). I couldn't agree more that lots of exercise, if you feel up for it, is so important - 6,800 steps yesterday + work in my vegetable garden!
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