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Grim Outlook
Hi folks. What a wonderful resource you have assembled here. I am hoping to bend your ears for a moment because It seems I am running out of options for survival. I am a 27 year old male, otherwise in good health, who was diagnosed with an "Adenocarcinoma of the Descending Sigmoid Colon" in Feb. of this year. My tumor was…
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Relentless Erbitux Rash
Two weeks ago I my doc started giving me CPT-11 and Erbitux. The CPT-11 made me horribly ill, so we immediately stopped it. I am still using Erbitux, which does not make me sick but I have a terrible rash on my chest, face, and even my scalp. I know that a rash is a common side effect of Erbitux. The doctor prescribed…
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Stomach Cramps and CPT11
Hi all, I've been on Erbitux and CPT11 for 21 weeks now. I was on CPT11 and FUDR for 6 months before that. I had 60% of my liver removed a year ago in September, things are going well except I have some mets in my lungs that are responding very well to the Erbitux and CPT11 mix. the only major problem I have is with the…
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My Mom - 2nd opinions are good!
Well my mom was given a few weeks to live by her onc. that said her liver was taken over by cancer and going to fail soon. Thank god we got her to Georgetown and it was determined that most likely her bile duct is clogged and she will be having it opened on Monday. Apparently she will get almost instant relief and be…
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thanks - worrying less
I want to thank all of you. You gave me some great suggestions and I'm following up on a lot of them. I've made some new appointments with the docs to look into other treatments. I can't believe that Erbitux and Cpt11 is the only treatment out there for liver mets. Also, I was told it was inoperable by one surgeon. I need…
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Thanks for replies
Thanks for all the replies to my post. had a lovely b'day and am now proud possessor of beautiful red boots. Am wondering if George Best was well known in other parts of the globe? Scan results on Tuesday next, hopefully. Tara, i am feeding the faith and starving the doubt. Thanks for the advice. Byeee Margo Byeeee
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I'm Planning on Survival
Hi fellow semi colon-ites. I had send an update a week or so ago about my cancer coming back and it now being stage 4 with tumors attached to the left and right side of the colon and one rotten bugger in the tissue by the colon. So far, no detections of mets to the lungs or liver. This is really quite new to me so I am…
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naturopathic Dr in dallas ?
any recomendations ??? Thanks again Ileana
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One year ago...
One year ago today I was celebrating my 50th birthday in Hawaii unaware that in 3 weeks I'd be diagnosed with colon cancer and spend New Years Eve in the hospital after having a laprascopic right hemicolectomy. Over the past year there were challenges learning to cope with the emotions of cancer, and challenges at work. In…
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Happy Birthday Stacy Gleason
Hi Everyone, Let's all join in and wish Stacy a very Happy Birthday. This wonderful lady turns 38 years young on December 2nd... So girlfriend have a great Birthday and who know's maybe we'll go for that drive in a convertible in 2006... Also, We have reached an agreement with Hotel Delta Halifax for Palooza 4 on room…
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good and bad news...please advise
Hi..if you all remember me, I was dx with colon cancer stage iv in jan. Just had a ct scan which was NED... but today i received the biopsy results from my left breast and it was positive. they still dont know if is a new cancer or not...what should i expect in either case? I'm very scared.....cant stop crying and I'm…
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pain and bloating
i just came back to China to visit my brother. To fill you in he has stage IV colon cancer with peritoneal carcinomatosis. The biggest mass being in the mesentery 3.6 inch by 3.2 inch, another big one in the transverse colon about 2.5 by 2.4 inch. He went through 2 chemos already. I have started him on immunopower (the…
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Good Liver Surgery Stories?
Hello : ) I am due to have surgery to remove the entire left lobe of my liver and my gall bladder sometime around the end of December or beginning of January. This is to remove a 3cm metstasis in the left lobe. My oncologist scared me a couple weeks ago by describing the surgery as being "very bloody". And then I happened…