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Archives for November 2011

Happy news!
Blood work results are in and EVERYTHING IS BETTER! WHite blood cell count is normal by a whisker, nuetraphils are normal, still anemic but MUCH BETTER! Went out to the Farmers Market and then out to lunch with hubbie and friends WEARING JEANS! True, they have Lycra in them but they are jeans! I finished treatment on…
Friends like you - good news but worried still
Well, I'm back after a couple weeks away. I had my 9 month follow up and all is just fine. PET CT, DRE/anoscopy, and labs ... very good and normal. I pray this continues. I had a rough start with diagnosis and didn't get treatment going until 8 weeks after biopsy. I worry about that delay. It was Christmas and they didn't…
Life's Many Blessings
Today my hubby & I celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary!! Inspite of all that we've been thru over the years we're still best friends & closer then ever. Our journey has taken us along the 'cancer road' many times. First in 2006 were his parents...mom with lung to brain & dad with lukemia. We moved back from TN to live &…
Great news
I found out today that I am still cancer free per test results!!! See the oncologist again in 6 months. Have the port removed in two weeks. Life is good!
How should I be screened?
I am a female in her early sixties. I had my first colonoscopy about a year ago. Only one 1 cm polyp found, in my anus near the verge. The doctor biopsied the polyp but didn’t remove it because it was located near hemriodial tissue. The biosopy showed it was a condyloma (genital wart). The doctor told me to come in ten…
Monday
Monday I see the oncologist and hopefully will find out results of PET scan and lab work. Friday I see the colon/rectal doctor. So I will probably get to bare my bottom twice in one week - wow! Guess I should be used to it by now...
All clear except inflammation
I got the results of the PET and had the sigmoidoscopy and learned I am cancer free. Inflammation showed up on the scan. Still having a lot of trouble with my legs. I have fibromyalgia, so perhaps treatment just exacerbated an autoimmune condition that is inflammatory in nature. The prednisone prescribed for an asthma…
One Year PET scan clear!!!!
Best news ever this Thanksgiving! Clear PET scan!!!!!! One year ago the nightmare started and after treatment good news only. No side effects (or barely any) for me. I did just develop a sligh rash on my tailbone which could be shingles. And sciatica. Anybody had this? Could be completely unrelated but, of course, I worry.…
Thanksgiving
What a difference a year makes! I was in treatment this time last year. Last thanksgiving I was in the emergency room, getting fluids and morphine, That certainly is a strange feeling when that morphine hits your bloodstream. A year ago I could barely walk the few feet to the bathroom. Today I am going on a 3 mile fast…
So much to be thankful for
Even being through this treatment, and with possible recurrence being investigated, I am damned blessed. Blessed to have a bottom that works. Blessed to have a healthy heart. Blessed to have a beautiful home with four walls and a ceiling that doesn't leak. Blessed to have and enjoy good music and good food. Blessed to have…
Giving thanks...
I joined the forum today and already am thankful for the information and advice gleaned from the many posts I have read. Pick line goes in 12/2. I hope in the coming weeks to give back as much as I have gotten from those who are sharing. Happy Thanksgiving...
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Turkey Day! God bless you and yours.
Livestrong at YMCA
Has anyone taken the Livestrong classes at the YMCA? I'm starting in January. Just wondering... ~Carol
Hello to all my new Friends!
So one week down and four to go. I gotta tell ya that carrying around that chemo bag and being hooked up to it absolutely sucked! I was so glad to have that thing unhooked on Friday. I took the longest shower and didn't want to get out! I has a little nausea the first night and took a pill. I had a little more the fifth…
Port in tomorrow
I get my port in tomorrow, then Tuesday start with radiation and chemo for 4 days with pump. I live in Canada, was wondering if there is anyone else in the group from Canada who had a port for chemo? its just under the collar bone, how long before I can use that arm normally. Cali.
Finally some good news!!
I know its been awhile since I've been 'here'....I've missed 'talking' with you all & hope this finds you doing ok, getting ready for the holidays. I've kept to myself so to speak anticipating surgery & brachytherapy. My emotions were all over the place the past couple weeks. Tried to keep busy cleaning house, making…
Fear, anxiety,depression
Hi everybody, I found a small pea shaped lump on my breast about one month ago. I have cystic breasts, sensitive breasts. So i have been keeping an eye (hand) on it to see if it would go away. This lump feels like a lymph node. It's very hard, pea size. I am skipping doctor and going straight for ultrasound next Friday…
what to expect
My hubby has been fighting chirrois for five years. Just found two tumors on liver in july and this week dx with rectal cancer. What should we expect next?
more side effects
Hey y'all, Has anyone ever had a parentisis (sp)? Where they drain your stomach of fluids? I have had to have them now for about 7 months. It used to be every 6 weeks or so, now it's about every 6 days or so, and that's cuz I put it off till the drain site heals a little. The first time, they got 2 liters and sent it to…
Healing time after surgery
I go back to MDA mid January for my first post treatment checkup. IF I have to have surgery after all (I hope not) how long does it take to heal and return home? IF a colostomy becomes necessary how long does ir take to heal and learn how to manage the bag? PLEASE KNOW THAT I PRAY AND REALLY BELIEVE THAT I WILL HAVE A GOOD…
Questions, Worries, Venting??
Hi, all. I've been reading through this forum for a couple days after finding it researching information. I apologize in advance for the length of my post. I'll state from the get go that I KNOW I should be check by a medical professional, but we've not had health insurance for a few years, and while we are enrolled now,…
Pjs62
How are you doing? I have been thinking of you.
Test Results after Treatment
I just went for my first PET Scan after treatment. It has been 4 months since treatment. I had a biopsy 2 weeks ago which came out clean. The news from my PET Scan are not 100% good. There is some low level activity in the iliac chain lymph node as well as some new activity - very low level. All my three doctors say it is…
Tests
I go tomorrow for lab work and Monday is P.E.T. scan (second one post treatment). I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
Come back in a year!!!!!!!!
i just went to doctor for post colonoscopy visit.He said I don't have to come back for a year!!!!!For the first 2 years i had a sigmoidoscopy every 3 months.When i reached the 2 year anniversary..the testing was every 6 months.alternating with colonoscopy.So today i reached a new milestone...once a year a colonoscopy.Feels…
I Need Advice on Protection
Well it has been 3 months since my last tx. I have returned to work on a very limited time frame and I am having trouble with not making it to the bathroom in time. I never know when it is going to hit and since the radiation did such a number on my opening I have very little control. In the last 3 weeks I have had to go…
Just Had Colonoscopy, Concerned..
I am 29 yo male in basically good health. I had rectal bleeding for about 3 days when I went number 2 over a year ago, and it was suggested I have a colonoscopy. The doctor gave me a cream to use externally, and some supposotories, and the the bleeding has never come back, and I finally got around to having my colonoscopy…
ChrisPTown .... Wishing you well!
Hello ChrisPTown ... I think you are starting your treatment today?? Sending well wishes ... try to be strong right here, right now ... a warm and supportive hug from my corner of the world to you!! You're on your way now!! I hope you have your dog with you at your sister's house ... I found such support from my pets ...…
Struggling today
Hello Friends ... I'm struggling emotionally today. I go for my 9 month PET CT, exam and labs next week and I feel so down right now. I can't seem to get myself "living fully again" like I did pre-diagnosis. I feel burdened in some way and even 9 months out can not get this "off my back" so to speak. I hate to say it, but…
Finished first week of chemo/radiation
Just completed first week of chemo (5 FU and Mytomycin via fanny pack pump) and radiation. I had constant nausea the first day, but was greatly helped by the anti-nausea meds. This has truly been a struggle. Being unable to do so many things I'd taken for granted (like showering) has been very trying. I've occasionally…

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