Hi Julsie...so sorry to hear your news.....I thught i would tell you my story! Initial diagnosis grade and stage 2 2005...no nodes. treated with WLE, chemo and radiotherapy. In Dec 2010 sudden onset back pain whilst exercising which improved but never disappeared. Feb 2011 MRI showed collapsed T4, CT clear. emergency radiotherapy , zometa and exsemestane. Gradual progression and in Feb 2012 started capecitabine. Since then have been stable on capecitabine and am now on cycle 23. For a long time I had virtually nothing in the way of side effects but since nov I have had gradually oincreasing probs with sore hands and feet. .........At the end of the last cycle I had a cycle off....during which markers went down! Anyway feet recovered completely and hands were a lot better so restarted 2 weeks ago.....hands are dry butstill a lot better than before the break..although I suppose will deteriorate as I have future cycles....im thinking i may need a cycle off occassionally but for now am hoping it will continue to work......other have been on it longer but 17 months feels good!....hope you have similar sucess. Pamx
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