Hi, just wondering if anyone is on Panitumumab? Am having a few side effects such as very hairy face. I know about eyelashes and trim them regularly but this other hair is quite downy and is mainly on my cheeks down to jaw line and just under jaw. The other problem is how best to deal with the Whitlows I keep getting.
I was also suffering from complete lack of appetite after 6 months of irinotecan. I have stopped this at the moment for a better quality of life. Still taking the capecitabine and not too bad on that. Did anyone else have this problem? I'm also on strong pain killers which I can only take with food and the capecitabine the same.
Ali
Hi Kettleson. I think LorraineTs partner is on panitumab? I tried looking on the bowel cancer uk page about whitlows and there was a post that mentioned herpetic whitlows which people on chemo are very susceptible to? If this sounds like what you’re getting them it might be worth ringing your doctor for an anti-viral treatment?
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