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Colorectal Cancer

Archives for August 2004

Time for some fun
Hi Friends!!!!! I, along with most, hate chemo very much. The first 3 months was easier then it is now. I have started a list of the "good" things about chemo and thought I would share it. I am sure there are others out there with "good things" to add to the list. I hope it makes you smile and that it makes my next…
back pain?
Hi everyone, It's 7 weeks since my mom's operation. She started 'clean up' chemo last monday. She has had some back pain in the past couple days. She explains it has a lower back hollow feeling. She's thinking it could be from sitting for a long time, surgery, or the epidural from the opertaion. Did any of you have back…
neuropathy (sp)
Hi all. For those of you in the know or who are on oxyplatin, how do you know what is normal neuropathy and what may be too much? Yesterday, 1 day after my treatment, even room temperature liquids produced razor sharp pains in my throat. Then, last night I had a couple of gulps of again, room temp water ( a big mistake),…
Why do I feel like this?
I am really doing better. Still have drainage tube. Also butt still taped up because of drainage. Also catheter because bladder not working and permanent colostomy. But.....I'm alive. So, why am I having the feelings I am??? I've been crying a lot. I've even had thoughts of "why didn't I die? My body would be perfect in…
Woddy - Dr. Gary Schwartz
Woddy, Hi, my name is deneen and my dad was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer in June. I saw your response to Ramona about not going to Dr. Gary Schwartz at Sloan Kettering. I was wondering why you would recommend against seeing him. I ask because that was the first Doctor that my father saw and we liked him and felt…
To Monika
Where do you live in So.CA.?
Please read my answers 8/22 chat
I hit reply on you answers, but they came on my message. Sorry, I am doing something wrong. Anna
Home again
Hi all, Just got back from 2 weeks vacation beside a lake in Maine, joining up with old friends. What a nice break, but I sure have missed keeping up with you all. Since I finished chemo the beginning of July, I feel better each week. (Well, except for the week that I had my thyroid removed!) Saw my endocrine surgeon…
hey kanga !!!!!!!!!!!!
hope all goes well.!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we are all pulling for ya fed
School's out!
Hi guys. It's the prodigal daughter posting from Canada. Have not seen my Mum for more than four years due to my illness and her bad knees. Great to be back in ole Montreal. Speaking of which; you can access an architecture site of centuries-old buildings at:…
Stage III Colon Cancer -- need info on Irinotecan Vs Oxaliplatin
Hi all! My father, 65 was diagnosed with Colon Cancer Stage III in April. The primary tumor was removed but it had spread to the peritonium and the omentum (which was removed during surgery). He was treated with three cycles of Oxaliplatin + 5FU + Leucovarin and then he had a bad reaction to the third dose .. he developed…
kanga "humour"
Tomorrow kanga goes in to hospital to submit his somewhat "aged" body to a Thallium excercise stress test.-huh?--yu ask? Well, thats when some crazy nutter in a hospital gown thinks he has aright to stick ya with an inch long horseneedle just so's he can imbed yer body with something left over from the testing of an atomic…
Please read important info! Thanks to all that replyed
My first surgery was 11/03 (2feet of my colon taken out), but my resection leaked and I got an infection inside and had to have emergency surgery within a month. Yes, had to be cut again from bellybutton to pelvic area. So, please if you get a fever and start vomiting, after surgery go to the ER and have them do a CT. This…
oncologistfirsttime
hi all. am still recovering from the surgery i had to remove a tumor from my rectum on july 28th. finally found out it is in stage b2. but surgeon says i cant see an oncologist till am healed. never been to one. am nervous about what i might have or not have to do. have heard about new chemo you can take by mouth was…
Pelvic Exenteration
My husband and I are going to Duke Univ on Monday to discuss the possibility of a pelvic exenteration as a result of his huge recurring cancer. Is there anyone who has any knowledge or experience of the real life consequences of this life changing surgery? We've read everything we can get our hands on and have two surgeons…
Can't get over throughts of having cancer
Hi, I live in Duarte, Ca. Would like to talk or meet with those in area. Hard to find a support group for colon cancer. I can't stop thinking of the cancer it haunts me day and night. Does anyone have any suggestions? My prays go out to all of you. Anna
Prayers
I pray for every CSN cancer patient and their caretakers every day.. talk to your god about us every chance you get - we will overcome.. bud
Prayers for my close friends!
Hello Guys!! Bob and I are hanging in there. I am posting as I need to ask my new friends to say a prayer for a very old friend of mine who just past away from cancer. He gave it all he had for the last 20 years but he lost the battle this past Monday. The prayers are for his wife and family who are having a very hard…
Wonderful News
I just saw my onc. this morning to go over the PET scan done Tuesday, and I am now officially in remission from stage 4 cancer. Nothing could be seen on the PET!!! In February I had surgery to remove the colon cancer and they discovered two mets to liver. One removed for biopsy, the second which was 2 cm was left to see…
Thanks Guys! - liver surgery/prayers reply
Thanks to all who replied to me about liver surgery/prayers request! You guys are my inspiration! SpongeBob - if I see Michelle, I tell her Howdy! And thanks for the rainbow too :) We actually had on over our house last evening! That is the third time this year so i take it as a good sign. I will be looking more into the…
Emily
Hi Emily. My daughter's classmate is 7 yrs. old. I don't know if she has any more children. She can't be more than 40 yrs. old. I haven't had the pleasure of talking with her yet. It's kind of weird to introduce yourself to someone just because you know they have cancer. I am going to try and find out how she is today. The…
Spleen scare
I'm doing chemo even tho I'm stage IIB because the colon cancer was on the blood vessels that take the blood to the lungs, heart, kidneys, stomach.... you get the idea. My CT scan came back mostly unremarkable but I have something "unusual" with my spleen that is not usually seen with colon cancer so now I'm on pins and…
prayers please
Hi all. One of my daughters classmate's mom is in bad shape. I was going to reach out to her next week and introduce myself. ( Maybe she had some tips on chemo and all this crap). I just got a phone call that she is back in the hospital and it doesn't look good. She is stage 4 ovarian and it looks like the tumors grew…
New diagnosis - please help!
Hello everyone, A close family member was recently diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer. The cancer has metastisized to the liver - the GI surgeon said that there were approximately 10 nodules in the liver (about 40% of the liver) and that the cancer (in the liver) was inoperable. In fact, most of the oncologists that were…
Surgery on Tuesday..prayers needed...
HI all, hope all is well with everyone. Just posting cause i am getting a little nervous. Hubby's surgery for a met to the liver is on Tuesday morning at Johns Hopkins. Would appreciate any advice or encouragement, and of course prayers. Hubby's had a tough time rebuilding his red blood cells after blood donation for the…
SPONGE-WORTHY?
Ahoy, y'all (I'm starting to tawlk lahk theyuns do down heya in Mis'sip...) Sorry - I've been on the road and incommunicado. Back now but getting ready to sail off into the Bounding Main again in a few days. Should have good internet connectivity this time around. If anyone is ever interested in what I'm up to when I'm at…
lawlette, how are you feeling?
Was just thinking of you. Wondering how your first treatment went. I'm already thinking of my 2nd treatment this coming Monday. I guess over the last 6 months I have had so little time feeling "normal", that the sick feeling I get with this treatment is the last way I want to feel. I'm hoping I just get used to it and move…
To deneenb: Re: Antioxidants
Bert took a multi vitamin and Celebrex (as Bud recommended) but that was it. No extra vitamin C, E, B's, Eccinacia (? sp), etc. When he first started, with his old onc, he was on six months of 5FU/Leucavorin at a very high dose and this onc didn't really even ask him if he was taking any supplements...so he just kind of…
Any one heard of Mangosteen?????
Hello everyone... My husband has Stage III rectal cancer, finished chemo in May, went in for blood work today and CEA was down to 1.8 and liver functions were normal (they were previously high). He goes in for scans in November. Anyway, a friend brought some information today to work on mangosteen fruit. Has anyone ever…
hey kangatoo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hey kanga, sorry to hear of your problems. don't give up keep positive. we are all here for you. keep the faith. just another bump in the road. fed

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