I started my new chemo pills, Xeloda, today. As I sat there and looked at the 3 big pink pills I had to swallow, I thought that these are literally a tough pill to swallow. It is also a very expensive pill to swallow. When Dan brought home the receipt for these pills from the pharmacy, the price for 120 pills was over $2700!!! That is over $22 a pill, and I have to take 6 pills a day. $135 a day! How grateful I am that we have met our catastrophic out of pocket maximum for our insurance and they paid 100% for these pills. I am so grateful to have good health insurance! We still have to pay thousands of dollars out of our pocket each year, but I can't imagine how we would cope without insurance.
I am nervous for side effects, but I am very hopeful that these chemo pills will work, and shrink my tumors. 30% of people who take Xeloda have at least a partial response, and I pray and am very hopeful that I will be in that 30%. After taking 2 chemos that failed for 3 months, I really need this chemo to work! I appreciate all of your prayers, support, and well wishes!