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Colorectal Cancer

Archives for July 2006

Deja vu all over again...
Hello all. A few of you old timers may remember me from my husband Chris's rectal ca diagnosis in the spring of '03. Stage II at that time, they beat him up with chemo and radiation and follow up surgery that left him with a permanent colostomy but a promising outlook for an eventual cure. All follow up scans, bloodword…
ct scan tomorrow Tuesday.
Hi everybody, tomorrow at 12 noon, I will be in the big doughnut again. in a previous post there was mention of everyone here holding the scanees hand. I would love to feel that some of you were doing this for me. Please. XXXXX Margo
been an ostrich
I have been awol for awhile trying to enjoy the relative peace that my husband being on treatment allows...he is doing really well on the second line treatment of xeloda and oxaliplatin..not too may unmangeable side effects...he seems to be REALLY WELL..enjoying golfing etc...will have a CT the second week of August and I…
Colonpalooza Pics
Very soon, I will start putting together a website for Colonpalooza ... highlighting past events and advertising future events. So ... I need pictures of past Colonpaloozas. As many pictures as possible. If you have any pictures of past events, please send me a CSN email. Thanks! RT
Quality of Life
A "routine" colonoscopy for my 83 year old father revealed three minor non-cancerous polyps and a suspicious, albeit tiny area (so tiny it was tattooed to insure detection should it prove to be malignant). The biopsy of the area confirmed colon cancer and a CT scan staged the growth as Stage II. Laparoscopic surgery was…
questions
Hi everyone, just a couple of questions, I have been having a lot of bowl movements lately, is this normal, and also my voice when I talk is getting horse, people have said that I should not be the horse over a month from the hospital. I asked the oncologist and he looked in my throat, did not say anything, should I ask…
Back from 'the Springs'...I'm Jello!
Well, I am now back from Palm Springs...It was 85 degrees at 10:30pm!!!!! I am now officially JELLO, after 4 1/2 hours of facial, massage, and doing this thing called 'taking of the waters'...first wet sauna, then dry sauna, then aromatherapy dry sauna, then soaking in water from tribal (this is Indian land) hot springs,…
PETSCAN, UPPER ENDO NED
In my continuing saga of the questionable elevated pancreatic enzymes. I found out yesterday that the petscan was okay. I had the upper endo done on Thursday where the Dr. said he did not find any thing but a hiatal hernia. I guess I have to add that to my medical list!! He scoped the remaining part of the rectum which…
Im home from the hospital - surgery went well!
Hello everyone. i wanted to say thank you for all the warm wishes and the prayers. I had my surgery Monday and I came home today. They removed all the tumor lapriscopicly (spelling is wrong!) They did find some cancer on the vaginal wall so they had to remove some of that and due to the location of that I had to have all…
yea haw
great news!! cancer stage 2, no lymph nodes involved. so i say good riddance to the a-hole that was once mine!!
surgery done
hi all, just thought i would let you all know my surgery is over and was a sucess. i had rectum and anus removed with permenant colostomy on june 30th still feeling quite sore and have to get use to this whole colostomy thing but today it worked for the first time so that is a big relief. a little or should i say alot…
Low Plateletts
Hi Everyone, I don't post too many questions here so let me give you a background. I'm stage 3 one node semi-colon dx Dec 19th (one day before my birthday). I'm on folfox chemo and found out my plateletts are low. My onc said that the only way to raise them is to take a week off chemo or get an infussion. Does anyone have…
Friday Giggles
Hi All: Here's a couple of short jokes for a short week. Have a great weekend! Cheers, Ying - - - Clinton, Bush, and Washington... Bill Clinton, George Bush and George Washington were on the Titanic. As the boat was sinking, George Washington heroically shouts, ''Save the women!'' George Bush hysterically screeches,…
Oncolyn
My dad has colon cancer with liver mets.He is on FOLFOX + Avastin for 1 year now. He just finished his 24th treatment. His white and red blood cells are pretty low and they are looking into giving him just Avastin for a while. Did anybody experienced something similar? Do you know of anything that can boost his immune…
using metamucil
had rectal cancer...low anterior resection in March 2006...been using imodium at night to try and regulate...would like to try metamucil to bulk it up...in order to go less frequently....please let me know of any success you've had with this. thank you
Colorectal with liver mets?
They put my husband in the hospital today. They think possibly he has a blockage. His pain has been tremendous the past week. They cannot operate on the colon for another 2 to 4 weeks as he just stopped chemo/rads 2 weeks ago. Has anyone had this similar type cancer and problems? Any information you can give me will be…
mouth sores and chemo
Hi everyone, Hope you all had a great holiday. My dad had his CAT scan on Monday. We won't get the results until this Monday. Thank you for all of your prayers. I ask that you please keep praying for him. Anyway, I haven't really read too much on this site about mouth sores during chemo. My dad has some pretty bad ones and…
Question about hairloss
Hi everyone! I tried to post this yesterday, but I don't think it went through.....I hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend ;-) I know this is going to sound really trivial, but, over the past few weeks, my hair has really been thinning! I am on my 9th week of chemo, 5FU/Leucovorin. My doctor told me that this med…
Ileostomy reversal & barium enema
My husband will ultimately undergo an ileostomy reversal. We were told that he would have a barium enema before the procedure. Can anyone tell me what is the purpose of this test and exactly what does it tell the doctor ? (He had a resection due to rectal cancer.) Thanks!
ESSIAC TREATMENT
Hello. I hope all is well with everyone. My mother is battling advanced stage vaginal cancer. It has spread to her lungs and liver. Her days are numbered now. I was wondering if anyone has used the Essiac Tea treatment for cancer. If so, how was your experience? Please respond as soon as possible. Thank you for listening.…
interesting info on metastasis...
Jefferson Scientists Reveal New Mechanism That Causes Spread of Colorectal Cancer Researchers have known for years that the enzyme MMP-9 plays a key role in the spread of colorectal cancer. Now, scientists at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia have found out how the enzyme helps initiate the process, known as…
Adjuvant Chemo
Hi, Been reading the thread about FOLFOX. I was clinically dx as Stage III (T3, N1, M0) in Apr 06 based on the initial CT and MRI following the colonoscopy. I finished chemo/radiation in Jun 06 and had a LAR on Jul 25. Path report showed a T1 tumor with no evidnece of lymph node involvement. Based on that, the onc is…
UPDATE- ON PANCREATITIS???
Just wanted to update what is going on. I had my petscan done yesterday. Thank God that is over with. Actually the test is not bad I got to doze a little in the scan and the chair from all this stress. I met with my GI DR. also yesterday who is very baffled about my high numbers on the pancreatic enzymes. My lipase is now…
PET results all clear: NED
Hi All. I want to share with you my joyous news. I got the results of my PET today: all clear!!!! Phew (to put it politely). For those who don't know my story, I was treated for Stage III rectal cancer in 2003. In April 2005 I was diagnosed with a solitary met in my lung. Had surgery, followed by chemo. It has now been…
Eeek! My surgery is on Thursday... THIS Thursday!
My doc called this morning to tell me the surgeon on my case had a cancellation and I was an ideal candidate to take the slot. Eager to get this out of the way I said sure, sent out my email to alert co-workers of my absence until further notice, and went to the hospital for my scheduled CT scans. That was fun. Next time I…
sun sensitivity
Hi. Hope someone can help with this. I finished 5FU/Leu about 2 years. During treatment I experienced severely dry skin at the beginning and then sported a lovely tan. Now, no tan, but despite being a sunblock maniac, my face becomes very sore when I am outside for any prolonged time (longer than 20 minutes). I wear a hat…
CAT vs. PET in early diagnosis?
Hi all. I am going in for a chest, abdomen and pelvic CT scan this afternoon based on a mass found in the sigmoid colon last Thursday during colonoscopy. I understand the differences (I think) between CT and PET scans but it seems to me that if the docs are looking for "hot spots" they would go right to the PET scan, do…
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!
To all semi-colons: Have a wonderful 4th of July. There are so many new posts it is hard to keep up sometimes. I just want everyone new to know that you can beat this disease. I am a 7 and one-half year survivor of stage 3 rectal cancer. I endured all of the treatments and, for years, all of the after-effects of having…
for Mindy10
Hi Mindy. I am sorry that I was unable to reply to you when you lost your dear dad. I would like to say that your presence here has been a gift to those who we call family here. Such a traumatic time you have endured but you had the courage to share your pain and while doing so support others. I am so sorry you have had to…
where is Kanga???
Hi everyone, Is Ross OK ? I haven't seen a post from him for ages . Hope that nothing has happened that I did not see. Ron.

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