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Abc1234
Abc1234 Member Posts: 5
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
Have stage 4colon cancer had 2ft of colon surgerically removed along with 5 percent of liver start chemotherapy for 2small spots on the lungs any advice
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  • AnneCan
    AnneCan Member Posts: 3,673 Member
    #2
    One day at a time
    Hello ABC, + welcome to this forum. It is a fantastic place to come for advice, comfort, humour, etc. My advice is to take one day at a time as much as you can. It is how I am getting through this. What chemo will you be on? Good luck!
  • pepebcn
    pepebcn Member Posts: 6,331 Member
    #3
    AnneCan said:

    One day at a time
    Hello ABC, + welcome to this forum. It is a fantastic place to come for advice, comfort, humour, etc. My advice is to take one day at a time as much as you can. It is how I am getting through this. What chemo will you be on? Good luck!

    Abc welcome to the board !
    no experience with lungs but lots with colon and liver, what chemo are you having ?
    Hugs.
  • Abc1234
    Abc1234 Member Posts: 5
    #4
    AnneCan said:

    One day at a time
    Hello ABC, + welcome to this forum. It is a fantastic place to come for advice, comfort, humour, etc. My advice is to take one day at a time as much as you can. It is how I am getting through this. What chemo will you be on? Good luck!

    I guess it is a combination
    I guess it is a combination of 3, one being oxi.I guess it will 48 hours every 2 weeks and after 2 months the docs will look at it an possibly do surgery on lungs
  • Abc1234
    Abc1234 Member Posts: 5
    #5
    pepebcn said:

    Abc welcome to the board !
    no experience with lungs but lots with colon and liver, what chemo are you having ?
    Hugs.

    Have you had surgery?

    Have you had surgery?
  • pepebcn
    pepebcn Member Posts: 6,331 Member
    #6
    Abc1234 said:

    I guess it is a combination
    I guess it is a combination of 3, one being oxi.I guess it will 48 hours every 2 weeks and after 2 months the docs will look at it an possibly do surgery on lungs

    must be folfiri or folfox.
    When you know we can explain to you any side effects and how to deal with those, will be very helpful to you!
    Cheer up!
  • pepebcn
    pepebcn Member Posts: 6,331 Member
    #7
    pepebcn said:

    must be folfiri or folfox.
    When you know we can explain to you any side effects and how to deal with those, will be very helpful to you!
    Cheer up!

    sorry you say oxi ,so you are on folfox,
    so don't hesitate to ask about any side effects any time you need it.
    Hugs.
  • Abc1234
    Abc1234 Member Posts: 5
    #8
    pepebcn said:

    must be folfiri or folfox.
    When you know we can explain to you any side effects and how to deal with those, will be very helpful to you!
    Cheer up!

    Thank you.. That will help
    Thank you.. That will help .. Chemotherapy got put on hold until I heal up from surgery which I think will be in about 2 weeks.
  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 Member Posts: 6,742 Member
    #9
    Welcome
    Welcome to the board. That is a pretty brief description, but sorry that you had to join the group. Good news is that we are here anytime you need support, experience, or just want to vent. What does your oncologist suggest for treatment? Have you done radiation or chemo before surgery? Please post any comments on any topic. Remember we are colorectal so we have been through the most modest of discussions. Hope that you have a treatment plan. Keep us informed. You have joined and now belong to a great family. Welcome.

    Kim
  • karguy
    karguy Member Posts: 1,020 Member
    #10
    Welcome
    Welcome,I'm sorry you had to be here,but it is a good place to be for any questions you might have.It sounds like you are recovering very well.I hope everything goes well with your chemo.I did chemo,and radiation before surgery,but was too weak for more chemo after surgery.Good luck,and we are here if you need anything.
  • tootsie1
    tootsie1 Member Posts: 5,044 Member
    #11
    Hi
    Welcome to the board. I hope we can be comforting and helpful to you.

    *hugs*
    Gail
  • Lovekitties
    Lovekitties Member Posts: 3,364 Member
    #12
    Hi
    Glad you found us...the folks here are full of information and encouragement.

    Only advice I have for you is to share as much as you feel comfortable with us so that we can be supportive and there are probably folks here with experience in whatever comes your way.

    Marie who loves kitties
  • Lori-S
    Lori-S Member Posts: 1,277 Member
    #13
    ABC
    Welcome to the group. Sorry you have to be here but since you are now one of us, we will help in anyway we can. This is a great group of supportive, knowledgable and caring people.

    You said that you are starting FOLFOX? Louswift just started FOLFOX on Oct 11th. He is having his 2nd treatment of on the 25th and I am starting my first one on Oct 25th so you are not alone. You might want to check out his posts about how it is going for him. I am following along so I know what to expect too.

    Here are 2 links to his posts:
    http://csn.cancer.org/node/203041
    http://csn.cancer.org/node/203257

    He did a great job with explaining what was going on and those who responded had some great input also. Hope it helps give you a little info and takes away some of the fear of the unknown you might have. Just want to say thank you to Lou again because he really helped me with his posts.
  • pepebcn
    pepebcn Member Posts: 6,331 Member
    #14
    Abc1234 said:

    Have you had surgery?

    Have you had surgery?

    Had colon and liver surgery, but unfortunately
    Recurrence one year later, we are dealing with it right now.
    Cheers.
  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    #15
    Lungs
    Sorry to hear of your DX.
    If you have small spots on your lungs, how are they thinking of dealing with those? I have had small spots removed a few time by RFA (radio frequency ablation) where they insert a needle into the tumor during a CT scan and it dissolves the tumor. It's been very effective for me. 2 our of the 3 times I've had that done of the years I did not have to even spend a night in the hospital, the other time I spent 1 night. I also had 3 lung surgeries that were a bit more complicated than having 1 or 2 little spots removed. They were successful but not a lot of fun and required a much longer stay.

    I would look into the RFA and see if that's an option for you. If not, try to find out why it isn't. Not all hospitals do those. Maybe look elsewhere for treatment?
    -p
  • Kenny H.
    Kenny H. Member Posts: 502 Member
    #16
    PhillieG said:

    Lungs
    Sorry to hear of your DX.
    If you have small spots on your lungs, how are they thinking of dealing with those? I have had small spots removed a few time by RFA (radio frequency ablation) where they insert a needle into the tumor during a CT scan and it dissolves the tumor. It's been very effective for me. 2 our of the 3 times I've had that done of the years I did not have to even spend a night in the hospital, the other time I spent 1 night. I also had 3 lung surgeries that were a bit more complicated than having 1 or 2 little spots removed. They were successful but not a lot of fun and required a much longer stay.

    I would look into the RFA and see if that's an option for you. If not, try to find out why it isn't. Not all hospitals do those. Maybe look elsewhere for treatment?
    -p

    Welcome. Great bunch of
    Welcome. Great bunch of advice in here. Keep us updated.
    Sorry to hear of your DX.
  • Abc1234
    Abc1234 Member Posts: 5
    #17
    Kenny H. said:

    Welcome. Great bunch of
    Welcome. Great bunch of advice in here. Keep us updated.
    Sorry to hear of your DX.

    Thank you all for your kind
    Thank you all for your kind words and encouragement. I my words can be as supportive. Here goes... Dx with stage 4colon cancer had surgery as I was almost completely blocked they need up removing 2feet of sigmoid colon adreanal gland total hysterectomy and 5 cent of my liver out. I have 2small spots on one lung but they did not remove them yet but a surgeon said it was possible later not sure what type of procedure they wanted me to get going on chem for at least 2 months which I believe is folfox and than they will look at my lungs again my pre surgery cea was 26 and is now at 5.1 i start chemo in a couple weeks thanks everyone
  • pepebcn
    pepebcn Member Posts: 6,331 Member
    #18
    Abc1234 said:

    Thank you all for your kind
    Thank you all for your kind words and encouragement. I my words can be as supportive. Here goes... Dx with stage 4colon cancer had surgery as I was almost completely blocked they need up removing 2feet of sigmoid colon adreanal gland total hysterectomy and 5 cent of my liver out. I have 2small spots on one lung but they did not remove them yet but a surgeon said it was possible later not sure what type of procedure they wanted me to get going on chem for at least 2 months which I believe is folfox and than they will look at my lungs again my pre surgery cea was 26 and is now at 5.1 i start chemo in a couple weeks thanks everyone

    Thanks for the update, Abc, I highly recommend to you to keep
    on the board ,specially while on chemo,it will help you with all your chemo doubts, and unforeseen you can have ,it really works to me a lot.
    Hugs.
    Pepe.
    Barcelona.
  • Nana b
    Nana b Member Posts: 3,030 Member
    #19
    pepebcn said:

    Thanks for the update, Abc, I highly recommend to you to keep
    on the board ,specially while on chemo,it will help you with all your chemo doubts, and unforeseen you can have ,it really works to me a lot.
    Hugs.
    Pepe.
    Barcelona.

    Welcome to the club no one wants to be a member of
    A bystander is much better, but since you are here, welcome! I am sure we will be chatting soon! You've come to the right forum.
  • HollyID
    HollyID Member Posts: 946 Member
    #20
    So sorry that you have to be here....
    but glad you are. This is a place filled with information, friendship and understanding!!
  • coolvdub
    coolvdub Member Posts: 408 Member
    #21
    HollyID said:

    So sorry that you have to be here....
    but glad you are. This is a place filled with information, friendship and understanding!!

    Welcome home
    Abc1234,

    Welcome to the club nobody wants to be in. This is a place where you can ask anything and get an honest answer. Don't feel bad about not knowing all this stuff about Chemo. Trust me we were all in your shoes, and we all support and help each other. I learned so many things about my cancer and treatment from all the caring folks here and you will too. This will be a safe harbor for you when you are feeling low. And also place where you can vent about this beast we call cancer.

    Don

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