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nanuk
nanuk Member Posts: 1,358 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
Ross & Jen, Kerry, Kay, Rodney, Sue, Mary, Howard..thanks so much for your input & support. This site is the only place in the world that a semi colon can go for some really empathatic responses to what anyone else just wouldn't understand. Kay: Can u e-mail the type of Probiotics you used? At least I have some questions for the Onc when I see him next week.
Love to you all, Bud

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  • kangatoo
    kangatoo Member Posts: 2,105 Member
    #2
    You are welcome Bud, very welcome. You might like to put in a good word for kanga before you hit the sack monday night mate. I have a CT scheduled on tuesday and I gotta tell yah that tha heebie jeebies are starting to take hold. One of the reasons this concerns me a little..well..a lot really, is that ever since I finished chemo 2 years ago next month my surveillance program has always been bloods and an ultrasound.I have NEVER had a CT in all that time and the worry is getting to me. Ok...I am NED now and really have nothin to gripe about but I do know that the CT is more accurate and worry that the utrasounds might have missed something. I am pretty sure all will be ok but as you say...only us semi-colons know the real anxiety....or in my case, maybe I am hypo about it!
    Anyway....you are always in our thoughts mate......that should go without saying...but I said it!
    luv n huggs, Ross n Jen
  • oneagleswings
    oneagleswings Member Posts: 425 Member
    #3
    Hi Bud:
    Didn't get a chance to answer your earlier post on Folfiri and not sure what you were on previously- my husband just had his 4th treatment of folfiri plus avastin (it was delayed a week because of low blood counts)..and in comparison to the adjuvant 5FU he was getting when he was a stage 3 for adjuvant- this stuff sure if poison!!! He feels horrid- has drenching sweats the night he gets his treatment and never really bounces back then it is time to get his treatment again. We will find out after the 6th cycle when he gets a ct as to if it is doing anything to shrink or stabilize his liver and lung mets.

    Hope your symptoms improve a bit over time 800mg of it seems like a lot!!!
    Bev
  • ron50
    ron50 Member Posts: 1,723 Member
    #4
    kangatoo said:

    You are welcome Bud, very welcome. You might like to put in a good word for kanga before you hit the sack monday night mate. I have a CT scheduled on tuesday and I gotta tell yah that tha heebie jeebies are starting to take hold. One of the reasons this concerns me a little..well..a lot really, is that ever since I finished chemo 2 years ago next month my surveillance program has always been bloods and an ultrasound.I have NEVER had a CT in all that time and the worry is getting to me. Ok...I am NED now and really have nothin to gripe about but I do know that the CT is more accurate and worry that the utrasounds might have missed something. I am pretty sure all will be ok but as you say...only us semi-colons know the real anxiety....or in my case, maybe I am hypo about it!
    Anyway....you are always in our thoughts mate......that should go without saying...but I said it!
    luv n huggs, Ross n Jen

    G'day Kanga,
    No CT so far Mate,I am amazed. I have been thru the the donut so many times I'm on first names basis with it. Best of luck for tuesday it doesn't matter how many times I've had them ,waiting for the results worries the crap out of me. Just so you won't miss anything ,at the end of the scan they should inject you with this HUGE needle full of iodine ,it is an auto injecter,and it has the strangest reaction ,as a matter of fact ,if you listen real close ,you can hear Johhny Cash singing "Ring of fire" Heh Heh. Good luck with the results Ron.
  • kangatoo
    kangatoo Member Posts: 2,105 Member
    #5
    oneagleswings said:

    Hi Bud:
    Didn't get a chance to answer your earlier post on Folfiri and not sure what you were on previously- my husband just had his 4th treatment of folfiri plus avastin (it was delayed a week because of low blood counts)..and in comparison to the adjuvant 5FU he was getting when he was a stage 3 for adjuvant- this stuff sure if poison!!! He feels horrid- has drenching sweats the night he gets his treatment and never really bounces back then it is time to get his treatment again. We will find out after the 6th cycle when he gets a ct as to if it is doing anything to shrink or stabilize his liver and lung mets.

    Hope your symptoms improve a bit over time 800mg of it seems like a lot!!!
    Bev

    Hey Ron...like I really needed to know about tha ring of fire.geez...tah mate. I am pretty surprised myself that they continued looking via ultras but I guess they know what they were doing...er..I hope they did.
    Hiya Bev.all tha best for your hubby.like I said to Bud.who was I to ever complain with some of the others here really gettin pounded with chemo.
    Our best, Ross n Jen

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