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to Steved
Hey Steve..sorry I missed yah mate..I still get to post last and occassionally they get read before dissapearing off tha board!!!! Congats on the "off the chemo trip" mate. Now you can pull up a chair in the waiting room with some of us. There is a nice recliner 3rd seat from the left all ready for you. I believe that they…
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I Need a Shoulder.......
Saw the oncologist today. THe three small spots have now grown to numerous tumors all through out both lungs. Surgery is not an option so my only hope at this point is the chemo........! I think I'm losing my mind......I don't remember much after the word "several" and "no other options". Could you all please say a prayer…
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new to group
Hi...was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer last April...on the 15th. Thought I had an umbilical hernia. Had been on chemo till Nov, when a change in insurance had me hunting for all new dr's. Have many questions...scared about some new treatments..ports, surgery and new drugs. At least new dr's are giving me some…
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Changed Username
Hi, it's me Lorraine Sugg........I became a member of the semi-colon family last week.....but didn't like my username........so I changed it to SweetLo57. All the good ones were taken....like SpongeBob! I have thorougly enjoyed reading all the messages, and will soon add my 'two cents' worth when I become better…
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still in hospital
Hi everyone, I am still in the hospital. I am doing better though and had real food starting last night. I have lost 25 pounds already. Things are moving again and hopefully I will be home again soon. This time for good. Maureen PS on friday it will be 3 weeks since my surgery, I guess I am a slow healer.
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Home From The Palooza ......
Hello All My Semi- Colon Friends, Well Andy & I made it home safe and sound from the Palooza. We had a wonderful time that I cannot put into words. Already I'm looking forward to Vegas this fall. Bob a great Big Thank You, from Andy and I we truly had a great time... Lisa P it was great hanging out with you, I now know the…
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This chemo is tough!!
Hi all, Started the new chemo last week. Did pretty good the days I took it because they gave me anti nausea meds with it. Then Sunday night I got terribly sick. Nausea, vomitting and diarehea, all at once. I went to the hospital as my chemo doctor ordered and had IV fluids and IV anti nausea meds. I feel much better. They…
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Hello Everyone!!!
Hello!! I am hanging in there. I have been reading some of the post sorry that I haven't been able to reply to everyone. I feel like I am still going through the motions. I have been having some rough days and didn't have anyone to talk to so I thought that I would post to try and help me deal with things. My house is…
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Thank you...
Hi everyone. Thank you for the kind welcome comments and answers to my question. I've already discovered the "bathroom diet". I was hoping to regain the weight lost from purges for the colonoscopy and surgery, and not eating after the surgery. But haven't seemed to be able to add more than a pound or two of the 10 I lost…
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Finshed bloody chemo!
Well, haven't posted for a while so thought it was a good chance for an update. finished my six months of chemo on friday gone and am starting to be able to see the other side of all this. still need my op to reverse my ileostomy and have some mixed feelings that others have described well about now not doing any hting…
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back to mayo again
hello all. i am still recovering from my right thoracotomy which there was four suspicious spots and 3 were cancerous but that was all in that lung. on feb 25th i will back in surg again(that is if nothing shows in scan on 24th) for the left side which presents with 7 suspicous spots. my surgeon has made it clear that we…
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What does non-red blood look like?
Okay, I understand from the replies to Gabor that no matter what, when we see blood in our stools we should get it checked out, but that if the blood is bright red there are some probable benign causes. My question is, what does blood in the stools look like if it's not red? My doc says it's black and tarry, but I'm on…
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What I learned at Colon Palooza I
Hi to you all. I am back home now after a wonderful heartfelt weekend in Biloxi. As a fairly new person on this board (March of 2004)and the only one there that has active cancer, I wanted to share what it meant to me. I am stage IV with mets to liver and lungs. I stopped chemo after 8 months and am now doing the…