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Travel Plans 2006 ~ Dates To Remember.
Dear fellow semi-colons as we say goodbye to 2005 Andy & I would like to wish each and everyone of you a Happy New Year and good health & prosperity in 2006. When making your travel plans for 2006 do not forget Palooza 4 in Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada in October. Set your sails for Halifax ( Canada's Ocean Playground ). We…
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Any opinions from those taking Xeloda would be appreciated
Hi all and Happy 2006 to you all ! My father has been on Xeloda 500mg (3 tabs in the AM and 4 tabs in the PM) since 11/2/05 for Stage 3 Colon Cancer. I'm very concerned about him. He has no appetite and eats very little and sleeps alot. He's been OFF the Xeloda (he takes it Days 1-14, then Off it for 7 days, then restarts…
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One week in the sun
Tim and I are cruising to the Carribean tomorrow. Celebrating the start of a groovy new year. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL. Love, Louise
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Just joined the club
Hi everyone. I just got the results from my colonscopy yesterday and am going in for surgery next Friday to have the cancerous growth removed. So glad to hear about this group and look forward to getting to know you all. Little about me: Just shy of 38, married (to a great guy) and doggy Mom to two demons dogs (each about…
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My good fortune continues
Hi my friends, I want to share my story on this last day of 2005 with you all to hopefully inspire you that you can kick this **** in the arse. It is going to be long because a 2 plus year journey is long. History, dx Feb 2004, stage IV with 2 mets to my liver and 1 to my lung. My colon had perforated 4 months earlier. I…
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Happy Birthday Kerry..........
Hi My Semi- Colon Friends, Tomorrow December 31st is Ms Kerry's Birthday. So let's all join in and wish this wonderful lady a very Happy Birthday and all the best in the New Year. With much love and best wishes, your Canadian Friends... Lisa & Andy Perrin
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Happy New Year!
Just wanted to wish you all a Happy and Healthy New Year. 2006 has got to be better than 2005 was!! Linda
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no chemo low wbc
Hi- My husband was unable to have his 4th treatment of folfiri and avastin because his neutrophil (wbc) count was too low. So now he has to wait a week for it to hopefully go up and then when it does they will reduce the dosage of his chemo as per his clinical trial protocol...His blood counts had stayed fine before when…
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problems with illiostomy
Hi again, you were all so wonderful to our recent posting yesterday, I was wondering if anyone had information on illiostomies. Mike had an operation for one just a week after treatments had started (finished treatments now). That was over 2 months ago. Our concern is that he is having SO many problems with it. The nurses…
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new year
The new year is coming, so friends gather round, Hold hands and be thankfull, for the love that we've found. I've touched you with rainbows, Kanga's love that is free, For all that are ailing like you and like me. It's filled with my love and Jen's love as well, We know you'll reciprocate and that would be swell. So…
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New's Article ( Dec 22 )
Thursday, December 22, 2005 - Page updated at 03:45 PM E-mail article Print view Blood test shows promise in detecting colorectal cancer By Benjamin J. Romano Seattle Times business reporter Sorry, men and women over 50. This isn't a replacement for the colonoscopy. But a blood test developed by researchers at Epigenomics…
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husband going for surgery next week
WOW! We are completly overwhelmed with all the quick responses we have recieved from all of you wonderful people giving us lots of hope, which is sometimes hard to have. He had to have an illiostomy done back when he first started treatments due to the fact that there was blockage. That was very hard for him to deal with.…
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Husband going for surgery next week
Hi there; I am new to this group so please excuse me if I have posted this wrong. My husband, age 40 was diagnosed in Sept. 05 with stage 3 colorectal cancer after being told for over a year that he had colitis. We received the news from the doctor when I went to pick him up from his colonoscopy with my 3 young kids with…
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Went home to be with the Lord
I am sorry I never came back on this site to let you all know that my little brother; Jesper Sorensen (29 yrs old)that had small cell in the colon passed away on Aug 11,2005 my only peace I have with this is knowing he received the Lord Jesus Christ as his Savior and went home with him...The battle was only for 8 months…
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Quillin's ImmunoPower
Hi all - Has anyone tried Quillin's ImmunoPower supplement? Talked to oncologists about it? Have any sort of opinion? I've finished reading his book and I am impressed. But, I wish I could find some information besides web sites just trying to sell the stuff. Thought I would ask here - I think there may have even been a…
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1.5 years NED and counting
Hello all. I feel like I haven't been here in ages. ( guess that's true) Well, I had a sigmoidoscopy this morning. Everything continues to be great. NED. I have to tell you, this was a really nerve racking visit. Guess it just got to me. These first two years post surgery really have my head spinning. It's so scary. Well,…
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Sore toe and Erbitux
Hi Everyone, Hope everyone had a great Christmas/Holiday/Whatever. Has anyone had trouble with the Erbitux making their toes sore? I have the usual rash (which isn't too bad anymore) and the cramping from the CPT 11, but lately my big toe is very sore on the side by the nail and just putting socks and shoes on is a killer.…
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Peace On Earth Bob... Bud (anyone else having trouble replying?)
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new primary cancer but NED on colon cancer
Hi ! Wanted to let you guys know that the mass that was found on my breast was breast cancer, not colon...which is GREAT news !!!I'm sure you have never met anyone been so happy because Dr. told her that was breast instead of colon. The other good news is that is SOOO small that i will NOT need chemo, only radiation for 5…
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MERRY CHRISTMAS & A NED-LY NEW YEAR!
To all of my wonderful extended family members here at CSN (including Jose, Dana & Greta!), I just want to wish each of you a joyous Christmastide and a healthy and happy new year. Peace & happiness to your homes. - SpongeBob
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Merry Christmas from Canada
We would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and nothing but good health and happiness for 2006. Andy & Lisa
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UPCOMING PETSCAN
Hello to all and Merry Christmas. Even though I do not post often I still read the messages. Brief update. Dx.ca/colon Aug.2003.8/20 nodes positive. Stage 4 locally advanced ca. Still have a illeostomy bag on right side and a draining mucous fistula on the left side(part of the disconnected colon). Since June of 2004 after…
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Just Need Support
Hi everyone, first I want to say Happy Holidays. I just had a couple of bad days. My dad has Stage 4 Colon Cancer and I was talking to my mom yesterday and her and my dad are coming for Christmas Eve. I asked her yesterday if she was still comming and she said she didnt think so and I said you better we want to see you and…
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Christmas downunder
Hi to all,It is Christmas eve here already and we are looking at temps over 100 for the next three days .Makes you really look forward to a hot roast dinner NOT! We will have our usual all day snack of prawns ,ham and nibblies. It has been a mixed year with some wonderful triumphs balanced by the sadness of losing some…
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recurrance
Hi everyone. In February 2004 I was diagnosed with Stage 1V colon cancer...cecum with mets to the ovaries, tubes, and uterus. Everything was taken out. I did 6 months of 5-fu and LV. Not bad. Worked full time. My lastest CT showed a small mass (2-3 cm) in my peritoneum where one of the ovaries was. I was scheduled for a…
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NED stays for Christmas!
Hi all - Thanks for all the good thoughts. I got last Friday's PET/CT results today and both PET and CT are clean! No sign of liver met that was found last May. So, Merry Christmas to me! And, now I can stop jumping out of my skin everytime the phone rings (which I have been doing since last Friday afternoon!) Thanks all…
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Wonderful News For Christmas
Hello Everyone, My Dad got the results of his latest scans this morning. The Camptosar/Erbitux combo has succeeded in making some of the spots disappear and the rest of them show signs of continuing to shrink. The Dr. is going to keep him on this current treatment plan until everything has disappeared or plateauted. At…
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number of rounds with oxaliplatin???
Hi all. I am on folfox4 and am scheduled for 12 rounds (stage 3 rectal cancer with high lymph node involvement). i am going through my fifth round now, woo hoo! have had some neuropathies with the oxaliplatin (jaw tightens when eating, finger tingle, sensitivity to cold, etc) but nothing i can't handle....give it all to me…
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got 2nd and 3rd opinions
I have just finished getting my second and third second opinions. This doctor said that my original oncologist gave me a 5 instead of a 10 dose of Avastin. Therefore, he doesn't feel that I failed Avastin and it is clear that I didn't fail oxaliplatin. He feels that I should do Xelox with Avastin next. He feels that xeloda…
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I was told not to worry.................
But, as you all know it doesn't take much for any of us to get concerned about any testing we have done. I had a routine cat scan in Nov., there was an area in the presacral space in my pelvis that was a little larger than my last scan. My oncology surgeon was not overly concerned. The area lit up on a pet scan last Jan.…