That’s really good to hear. It’s not uncommon to have a hard time getting a good read on the response from imaging, but if things aren’t progressing, it’s possible that you will continue to do well and feel pretty well for a long time. Here’s to more good news in the future.

-Dr. West

I think as long as you’re able to keep it down well and your liver function tests are doing well, whatever you’re doing is great.

-Dr. West

A high fat meal can reduce absorption by about 15%, but otherwise, food hasn’t been demonstrated to exert a significant effect on absorption of XALKORI, except for grapefruit juice, which should be avoided while on XALKORI and many other orally absorbed cancer medications.

-Dr. West

Janie I’m sorry if I posted in the wrong area I was just conversing with James. The subject of Pleural Effusion didn’t get talked about in the ALK pages here one thing leads to another? I don’t know how to move them?

Lorrie, really really not trying to make this difficult or be a tight a… When I read through the threads I look at them as pieces of information that will help a great deal of people. In doing so Dr. West has ask that we keep topics separate so subjects are easily found by readers everywhere not just those writing. I felt your conversation with the doctors about eating prior to taking xalkori warranted its own place. I’ll leave it and add a tag about it so those doing a search will find it.

As a contributing member don’t hesitate to start a new thread or add to a general one like the xalkori user group.

Above all don’t worry too much about it when trying to get your questions out. I’ll just let you know if I split up a conversation if I think it warrants it’s own thread.

I hope that makes sense and thanks for bringing up these subjects they are helpful to so many.
Janine

Got it thanks for the reply. I don’t think you are able to move or split threads. That’s why I asked if you minded if I did it. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with making separate threads about xalkori. Especially if it pertains to a particular question. One huge thread could get confusing when looking for something specific like the question here about pleural effusions.
There’s also the forum specific to ALK inhibitors http://cancergrace.org/forum/cancer-treatments-symptom-management/alk-inhibitors
I always try to direct posters of these threads to the xalkori user group.
I know this is a mistake and shouldn’t bother me…but as a child it always when new teachers/adults miss pronounced my name. Janie was the typical mistaken pronunciation to Janine. Now I’m absolutely floored by how many people with my name there are on facebook. Pages of them.
How’s that for getting off topic.