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Colon Resection, cancer found in one lymph node: Treatment options?

Colorectal Cancer | Last Active: Dec 17, 2023 | Replies (20)
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@tray1961

It's so good to hear you are doing well. When you say "oral Chemo" would that be the pill Capecitabine? I just met with Oncologist yesterday and I asked about taking a chemo pill (that's all I'd heard of) the side affects he went over from that pill seemed to be worse than the Oxaliplatin & Fluorouracil Pump, which he suggested. I'm recovering from a colon resection, and pathology report showed 6 of the 22 lymph nodes removed were positive. He said I'm cancer free but recommends 6 month of chemo because of the positive lymph nodes .

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verol65 | @verol65 | Dec 14, 2023

I took three pills of Capecitabine from Monday to Friday (with a couple of exceptions for holidays and maintenance of the radiotherapy machine) on the days I had an RT session. I had to stop the Capecitabine after 22 sessions because I started feeling intermittent parestesias in my left limbs.

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