Hi first post here. I am a 34 year old mom of 3 not long been diagnosed with stage 3 bowel cancer grade T4. Have had LARS and partial cystectomy and now just finished cycle 2 of chemo on oxaliplatin and capecitabine. I’m really struggling with oxaliplatin which I take intravenously on day 1. It knocks me out for a week, along with severe sickness / nausea and other side affects which I can handle. My oncologist said I can drop the drug after 4th cycle out of 8 and continue on cape only. Has anyone dropped oxaliplatin early and why?
