CAPECITABINE vs DOCETAXEL

This is a Hail Mary y’all. I work in specialty oncology as a tech, scheduling patient refills. The “insurance specialists” are of 0 help and never have been. I’m trying to bill capecitabine to med b, last fill was $40 copay and this month $600. Patient does not want to pay cash. We’re (me and pt) t

Age: 57 F Height 5ft 7 Weight: unsure Hello Doctors of reddit, I need some help. I'm getting really anxious about my poor mum who was diagnosed with locally advanced bowel cancer. She's really struggling with the chemo regime and she's too weak to have surgery at the moment I just need some answers

I am taking capecitabine, irinotecan, and cetuximab. I have fortnightly blood testing and they've shown my platelets are low. My specialist cancer nurse and my oncologist are aware of this and have given me advice. I asked if there were lifestyle changes I could make and they said "good nutrition, c

**Age**: 27 **Sex**: Female **Height**: 5'9 **Weight**: 230 lbs **Race**: White **Duration of complaint**: December, 2016 **Location (Geographic and on body)**: I'm in Toronto, Ontario. Recurrent sinus issues. Extreme congestion and runny nose, sinus pressure, occasionally flares into post-nasal dri

Male - 50 Diagnosis / Problem • Metastatic gallbladder adenocarcinoma (non-local lymph node metastasis) • Palliative treatment: Gemcitabine-Cisplatin chemotherapy + Durvalumab (commenced September 2023) • Molecular testing: IDH1 and FGFR negative • New disease progression: Omental disease detect

My mom (54F) was diagnosed with Stage 1 rectal cancer last month and is currently 5 weeks post-LAR operation. She didn't require an ileostomy and is currently recovering well at home. Initial biopsy (from colonoscopy) showed Intramucosal carcinoma with Signet Ring Cell features. Final pathology afte

F(33),ex sports player, ex smoker , no drinking, I used to party a lot in my 20’s tho , no drugs, I drink 2-3l water, mostly Mediterranean diet and some sweets once in a while. I do long walks 3-5 hrs daily. I don’t do any sports now or gym but I’m a very active person like extremely active. 75kg 1

Hi everyone, I’m writing to this community because my family and I have reached a point where we feel completely lost. I’m hoping to hear about your experiences or any thoughts you might have on our situation. A bit of background: Last year, my mother (female; Age:57, Height: 164 cm, weight: 64kg, n

I just want to share my experience, I have frequented this sub occasionally since my diagnosis. I am a 37y old single gay man. Apparently breast cancer in men my age is incredibly rare. Just bad luck I suppose as there was nothing striking on the genetic tests. I was diagnosed in Nov 22. Since

I HAVE ACHIEVED PCR!!!!!!! I had my lumpectomy on Monday morning and the pathology just came back this afternoon. All margins clear, all lymph nodes clear. I was diagnosed in February at age 36 with TNBC, Stage IIB, and a Ki-67 of >90%. I joined the SCARLET clinical trial and did 6 rounds of Key

Hey everyone, It’s been just over three months since my father passed away, in April 2025. I feel like I’ve only now finally processed enough of the initial grief to put it all together. I’m sharing his story from the beginning to the end to honor him and in the hope that it can be useful to othe

I’m not asking for anything specific. I feel like I am all alone and that my experience with breast cancer is so different from others’. I feel so isolated and hopeless. I’m 51 and was in good shape and otherwise healthy when diagnosed with IDC hormone negative HER2 positive in late June. Small pri

Yesterday I was convinced that I will not need chemo due to what my surgical oncologist told me... she said if I'm HER2 negative (which I am) and if they find no lymph node involvement after surgery/SLNB (also true for me) then I can skip chemo and move directly to radiation and hormone therapy. But

First off, this is a follow up to [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/cancer/comments/1hcxvaz/today_i_have_officially_crossed_the_halfway_point/) where I discussed my progress at halfway, so it felt relevant to follow up now that I'm on the downside and headed towards healing. Secondly, this is no

Hey everyone, I’ve been reading this subreddit for a while but finally decided to post. My dad is 59 and was diagnosed with prostate cancer about two years ago. It had already spread to his bones when they found it (de novo metastatic). He started with androgen deprivation therapy, which worked for

At my wife's job in an infusion center, she mixes chemotherapy drugs like Taxol, oxaliplatin, docetaxel, and cytoxin. She does the mixing under a fume hood, wearing a gown and gloves. There is no separation in her mixing room between the chemo drugs and the rheumatology drugs. The room is not negati