Hi,
Looking for some advice. My husband has been through surgery and a mix of Oxaliplatin by IV and Capecitabine tablets for 2 weeks in every 3 week cycle. We thought he was coming to the end of this, however it looks like they want him to stay on the Capecitabine tablet cycle for a while yet. He is really struggling with exhaustion, add to that he has a mental health illness that means his mental health becomes extremely low when he is overly tired for any period of time, and although medicated for that, he is really struggling, and I'm getting very concerned about the impact him staying on Capecitabine will have, but equally he is only 42 and had late stage 3 bowel cancer so we want to ensure we do everything to avoid reoccurrence as unfortunately he has high risk factors for that.
Does anyone have any advice on how to help him? Are there any supplements or anything he can take that might help?
Feeling hopeful....
Hi MrsJ_253 and I am sorry to hear about your husband.
I see you have also posted on our Cancer Nurse Team area..... they will normally get back to you within a few working days.
My journey is rather different so I have not had these drugs but let's see if someone is looking in have and can give you some support.
You may also want widen your support base by joining and posting in our......
Bowel (colon and rectum) cancer
Supporting someone with incurable cancer
……. support groups where you will connect with a wide range of members navigating the exact same support challenges.
Do get back to me if you have further questions or just want to chat.
