Pardon my French but I have often heard this drug described as Cr**pysh**abine.

The side effects can be horrible but, at least in my case, it is effective! They are listed in full at www.cancerresearchuk.org/.../capecitabine Apart from mouth ulcers, I experienced all the common ones and the damage it did to my tastebuds was awful. Luckily, the side effects cleared about a month after I came off chemo - apart from neuropathy in my feet which took a little longer to clear. 
Best wishes 
Dave

Thank you for sharing David! Is this chemo for colorectal cancer! I believe i saw it on the list of possible chemos for it. My husband will start hopefully next week. Also with chemo and radiation the surgery and then more chemo i guess. 

I really appreciate you sharing from first hand...

Hello lucullan,e

                          yes this is a treatment for colorectal cancer.In my case it was 6 weeks of 8 tabs capicetabine day,5 days of the week alongside 5 days a week of radiotherapy, pre surgery to shrink tumour.Post surgery l took up again with my old friend Capicetabine 8 tabs a day,combined with an infusion of Oxipilatin,the combination is referred to as Xelox or capox.This was two weeks on,one week off, for six courses over 18 weeks.This was the real bruiser and a big step up from the pre surgery treatment.l live on an offshore island,for my first treatment l was housed at the hospital on the mainland,but my second was on island with access to the consultant on the mainland via second parties,added to which the consultant was a newly installed locum halfway through my treatment, and the last two courses were the real killers..For very obvious reasons no change was given in the strength of my infusions which resulted in permanant nerve damage in my feet.Something to watch out for in the future since the effects are cumalative so the dose can be adjusted back down.l should point out that in 95% of patients the effects are only temporary,and the saying what does not kill you makes you stronger is relevant.l always imagined with a very grim satisfaction that if l felt like this,the cancer was getting one hell of a kicking it had not expected,wrong place,wrong time.

Hope that your journey gets you to the destination you hope for in your minds,its worth the battle and life becomes so much sweeter,

                                                      take care,

                                                                       David

His treatment plan should list any drugs he is being prescribed - my understanding is that capacetibane is used to treat a range of cancers.

His treatment plan should list any drugs he is being prescribed - my understanding is that capacetibane is used to treat a range of cancers.