CAPECITABINE vs FLUOROURACIL

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

Finally got my chemo schedule. Next week get my port in and start labs. Already got my chemo hair cut, #2 clipper, need to pull out my winter wool for under my hard hat. Cycle 1 is the next Monday, Adrucil- Fluorouracil, Carboplatin and 96 hrs of Keytruda-Pembrolizumab, pump coming out that Friday.

I recently completed a 7-day course of treatment using Fluorouracil / Calcipotriene 5%/.005% cream (which I'll refer to as Efucal for the remainder of this post) and decided to share my experience. I'm posting this mainly because I couldn't find many firsthand accounts from people who had used this

On October 2nd, 2024, my uncle woke up with jaundice (yellowing of the skin). My uncle was never married and never had any children, and I was the closest thing to a child, being his goddaughter. My dad was his DPOA (durable power of attorney). Scheduled a doctor's appointment, picked him up, and to

Hi everyone This may not be relevant to a lot of people but wanted to share my experience as it could save some of you a lot of wasted time and effort... So I have sebderm on my scalp and have had various patches of seb derm come and go since I was 12+ years old. I have been dealing with a particula

I am overwhelmed by information. They told him today that he will have a port placed. He has run out of sick time at work but he works from home so I'm curious what people's experience has been with WFH and being on chemo. Were you still able to work? What side effects made it hard to work? Does the

I want to post some specifics about my case. I'm doing this for two reasons. First, I'm collecting my own thoughts before I write a 2017 summary for myself and my family. Second, and most importantly, I'm going to put a lot of keywords in here so other people with a colorectal cancer diagnosis (or s

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