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Anyone heard of Dr. Andrea Sullivan?
Hi all - This is a long shot. But, has anyone, in the DC area or elsewhere heard of Dr. Andrea Sullivan - a nauturopath who also has a Ph.D in an unrelated topic? At work my department secretary swears by her. Her sister has breast cancer and while she did chemo too, she also spent much time with this woman, is as of last…
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Flex Sig Results
Durn y'all. I am so humbled by this all. My rectum was clean as a whistle. The GI doc just kept saying WOW, she could not even tell where the tumor had been. She did biopsies just in case, but said she saw nothing suspicious. I think the concept of someone now having any surgery or radiation, just doing chemo, then…
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Thinking of you, too Kanga
Best of luck on your tests tomorrow, buddy. Sending you love, hugs and prayers. All my love, Barb ( Who IS holding your hand and will continue to do so. Mate :) )
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Thinking of Scouty
Jen and I have Scouty on our minds this evening as she goes for her flex. sig. today. We pray that all will be ok and know that you all have her in your hearts and prayers. We love you Lisa.........Ross and Jen
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toooo young!!
I could not help but post this. We just found out that our friends daughter's boyfriend has cancer. He was just in a car accident, but not badly hurt. He was sent to hosp. for observation and tests to look for broken ribs and they found a very large shadow over his heart. It turns out the shadow is cancer......a large mass…
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Anyone on Erbitux?
Hi, I just had my second of eight cycles of Erbitux and already I'm getting a pretty nasty rash that is driving me nuts. Has anyone else had it?
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Hickman Port Risks
Hello all, I have a pretty technical question that I of course am going to be asking the doctors mainly. I posted something about this a few months ago, but am still unsure. I am interested in getting a Hickman port instead of the PICC line. My oncologist is not a fan of Hickman Ports because of risk of infection and blood…
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My mom's surgery
My mom had her cytoreduction surgery on Thursday. Unfortunately she was not able to have the intraperitineal chemical wash because the cancer was worse than originally thought on her liver. Apparently she has multiple tiny implants all over her liver instead of the few tumors they thought they could remove. Anyway on the…
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GO LANCE....!
This man is definitely my hero; not just a 7 time winner in the world's most difficult bicycle race, but a cancer survivor who has given back to the cancer community in spades..let's invite him to the Palooza. BTW, there are only 5 rooms left in the block set aside for the semi-colons.. Bud
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Alternatives
Lisa's news should be a wake-up call to most semi-colons that some alternative approaches have merit, and you are your best advocate.It seems olbvious that diet and supplements have a role in cancer treatment, and we need a section within this site which addresses this issue. Regardless of our choices, we need information…
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HAPPY B'DAY NANUK!
hey all you semi-colons, our esteemed bud snuck through another birthday on Thursday the 21st so I'd like to us to give him a rousing semi-colon salute! ( I ) There's mine--just add yours! HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY NANUK!!! ......and MANY more!! WE LOVE YOU BUD!! peace, emily who hasn't mooned in a ****'s age but consider…
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Boiling Hot Diarrhea
OK ... so I found out a few days ago, after a particularly interesting and disturbing examination, that I have an anal fissure. The examination was scheduled due to many painful bathroom trips. The doctor prescribed something called Proctofoam HC, which worked very well until ... I completed round three of chemotherapy on…
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NED NED NED
Hi to my dear friends, Inhale, exhale is pretty much what I keep telling myself today. A little history for those that don't know, for those that do, fast forward to the next paragraph. Dx March 04' rectal cancer with 2 known mets to 2 different lobes of my liver (confirmed by biopsy) and 1 to my left lung (never…
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First Chemo
Hi all - I'm pretty new, but already I love this group and hope to really be part of it after a while. I started my chemo this past Monday (following colon surgery in early June - I'm stage 4 with one tiny met to liver). Had oxaliplatin and am also on Xeloda tablets. I haven't turned into a pumpkin or anything - yet (and…
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Good News!
The biopsy was negative for recrrent cancer at the incision site. The uterine biopsy was negative as well. Things seem to be good (I don't want to count any chickens) woohooo!!!! The Doc says, "You have about three years now, right?" I said 3 and 1/2! I am inching toward 5. He says 5 is an arbitrary number(I said nuh-uh, I…
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Total colectomy-- anyone??
Hi all, I've been AWOL for a while but reading posts regularly. So sorry about Judy :( Hate to even ask about myself after knowing we all are grieving her loss but I need your help. I saw my colorectal surgeon today-- bad news-- he wants to do a total colectomy Thursday the 28th because he found more cancer in the colon--…
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Guidelines for screening colon ca., what is the point?
I read an article on the ACS web. The article mentioned " Doctors often don't follow guidlines for screening colon cancer" Are docs being punished in any way if they do not follow the guidelines? anyone know what is being done about this? The article is Take-home Kit Beats in-office stool test for colon cancer ( why have…
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Help... Questions....thanks....
Hi All, Just another person here to say thanks for always giving the upside to this crappy disease (no punn intended)!! My husband has finished 11 rounds of FOLFOX with Avastin at this point and is an inspiration to me. Question for you semi-colons.....can chemo cause an absess????? He developed what we thought was a…
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Tumour markers for newbies
Hi all...just thought some refresher stuff for many of our new friends would be worthwhile. The following link gives some info on blood tumour markers and although it does relate to other forms of cancers the tumour markers used for us "semi-colons" are included. ie; CEA, CA 19-9, CA 125…
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for the gals
Just thought you might be interested babes; Increased Vitamin B Consumption Reduces Women's Risk Of Colorectal Cancer Abstract According to a study published in the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) journal Gastroenterology, women with a high dietary intake of vitamin B6 over several years have a decreased…
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The benefit of membership
Every two weeks I have to spend three days admitted to Northside Hospital here in Alanta to get my chemo infusions. Although I have experienced few side effects so far (I'm on my third infusion), I am already starting to very much dislike these little chemotherapy vacations every two weeks. Since I figured out a way to…
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need some help and advice
I had my cat scan done Monday and the nurse called me a few minutes ago to say that a few spots were found in my lower left lung. She said the few were in millimeters. Nothing was found my colon and I am thankful to God for that. I have an appt with the dr tomorrow for blood and she scheduled me for a pet scan Monday. I…
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Next Step:
I met with my new oncologist two days ago for my first post-chemo visit and they ran some blood work which all came back fine. I am scheduled to have a PET/CT on the 28th and then every 3 months after. He also mentioned talking to a genetics counselor and doing testing. I can definitely see the benefits of doing this but I…
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TOO YOUNG?
Hello everyone, Well my pa has rectal cancer.I am not sure if colon is better to beat then rectal or visa versa. any thoughts? Anyway i am in my mid 30's and have always had problems with constipation and bleeding hemorrhoids since my late teens early twenties.Now since this has happened to my pa,I can see fear in his eyes…
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:((( THE FATAL SIMPTOMPS..??
hi!! i'm in a very very very bad mood, so please, tell me if someone know something about it: IF A MAN WHO HAS COLON CANCER THAT HAS SPREADED TO THE LIVER CAUSE THE CHEMO HAS AFFECTED THE LIVER, AND WHO IS JAUNDICE FROM ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO, BUT HE STILL CAN EAT NORMALY, CAN TALK NORMALY, CAN THINK NORMALY, HAS A CHANCE TO…
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Seeking advice....
At what point does the benefits of chemo/radiation outway the side effects??? Here's my story...Let me preface this by saying that I have been very fortunate up to this point, and I am greatful. Last December I was dx w/ crc and liver mets. Since then I have undergone 9 rounds of folfox and a recent round of 5fu…
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FYI
A reminder that UOA's Monday, July 25 Chat Room will be hosted by WOC(ET) Nurse of the Year Leslie Washuta. Leslie will respond to your ostomy management questions beginning at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Log on to the UOA Web site at www.uoa.org and click on Chat Room on the upper right. We look forward to "chatting" with you!
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cat scan results
Just thought i'd let you folks know the "good" news. Oncologist says the cat scan of my lungs shows no significant increase or decrease of my lesions, ie-stable disease. They were all small to start with (i think the biggest one was 7mm). He says small ones are less likely to show a response. Cat scan of abd was clean. So…
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Please help!! Colon cancer many years ago now Mets to liver
My father had colon resection surgery in 1993 which removed a huge tumor and 1996 for another tumor. Both followed with rounds of chemo. He then went to the oncologist every 6 months and received a clean bill of health after that. He stopped going to routine check ups with the oncologist in roughly 2002. Now he is finally…
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Gas Causes Cancer?
Hello all! Well, not exactly causes .... but I'm wondering if my life-long abundance of gas could be a symptom of some gastointestinal problem that made me more susceptible to colon cancer. I had heard that people with Chron's disease or Colitis are more likely to develop gastointestinal cancer. In fact, before I was…