I was given the option of either Xeloda, FOLFOX, or FOLFORI. At first the thought of taking a pill appealed to me. I changed my mind to FOLFORI after i discovered that one of the common side effects of Xeloda was hands and foot syndrome which causes cracking and tenderness in the hands and foot.
Many people aren't sure what's wrong when they are having symptoms of a heart attack. Some of the most common warning symptoms of a heart attack for both men and women are: Chest pain or discomfort. Most heart attacks involve discomfort in the center or left side of the chest.
An area of the heart muscle is affected, causing changes known as Q-waves on the ECG and chemical markers in the blood, usually implying that the full thickness of the heart muscle was affected in the heart attack, causing that part of the muscle to die.