Follow-up on chemo marker high

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10. My chemo marker reduced a LITTLE, but I ended up in the hospital for other reasons

The time on the Xeloda was miserable, but it dropped the marker from 34.5 to 30.2 or something like that. I can't tolerate Xeloda in that dose, however. Aside from other side effects (got them all) I didn't eat for a few weeks and GI problems and whatever made me super dehydrated, blood pressure a few times was 80/60 - once 78/48, and then my kidney's stopped putting out and they put me in the emergency room, and after a few days of outpatient trips to get saline infusions (via IV), kidney level was much closer to normal and blood pressure was up. I haven't been to work for a few weeks now. Hopefully next week.

Thanks for everyone's well wishes.