Capecitabine

Hello - I am new to this forum so I will start by saying what happened to me.

I had no real symptoms of bowel cancer until two days before emergency surgery. I didn’t have my regular morning poo for two days and then developed awful stomach cramps and was sent the A&E. The doctors there said all my rest were OK and my tummy was soft with nothing to feel. In the end they sent me for a CT scan which showed a 6cm tumour blocking my descending colon.

This was at around 11pm on Easter Sunday this year and by midnight I was in the anaesthetic room and woke up in the morning g with a colostomy after a left hemicolectomy. I made a good recovery from the surgery but as I had no physical or psychological prep for such a big operation I expected a massive reaction when J went home. Yes it did come eventually with a huge realisation what had happened to me and my body!

Anyway I am a lucky one that there was minimal involvement anywhere in my body other that some lymph vessel involvement for which I am now on my first cycle of Capecitabine. I am OK at the moment with minimal side effects but I’m finding taking six tablets twice a day very restricting as I was told to take them after breakfast and then between 9 and 12 hours later.

Please can anyone tell me at what times do you take your meds and how long do leave from the last lot if the day to the next lot on the following day? I have three days left of my first cycle and can’t wait for my rest week!

Thanks!