Hello, Else, sorry you have had to join us, but you are always welcome and everyone is very supportive. My experience of Cap has been that every cycle seems to have different side effects. Not everyone gets them, of course, and I hope you will be one of the lucky ones. I have had a range of se's - at mostly different times, luckily, but some have co-incided. I have had a red itchy rash on the second cycle, headaches on one of them, burning coals & broken glass on feet when walking, some cracking of skin on fingers (but haven't suffered nearly as badly as poor Kaye has - hope you are doing better now, Kaye!), very unpredictable bowels (in the form of occasional diarrhea, and, of course, awful fatigue! Some days I can hardly get upstairs, and went to bed at 5.30pm one particularly bad day (usually around 8.30pm since starting Cap.). Please be aware of the fatigue - it can be amazing! I have also had taste changes (nowhere near as bad as IV chemo, though) - I can very rarely drink coffee now as it tastes really horrible most of the time (and I love coffee normally) and chocolate tastes very strange (another huge disappointment!). Always remember though, the week off is a Godsend! On tablet again, so am afraid I can't start a new paragraph here. Katherine, I do hope your stomach is feeling better. I haven't had that particular se, thank goodness. Anyawy, Else, I hope we have all helped with our little tips for coping, and best wishes. Barton.x
