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Colorectal Cancer

Archives for October 2006

Xeloda dosage
I am 210 lb 47 year old male. They have me on 4000 mg of xeloda / day for 14 days and then a week off. Then back on again.I also take oxaliplation every 4 th week and eributux. I am not on avastin as they are looking at liver surgery in Dec. Does this dose seem reasonable or high? I also had the oxaplatin put in by IV in…
UPDATE
For those who do not know my story: 42-year old wife and mother of one. He is 23 yrs old. Had my Stage II N0/M0 tumor removed on 10 July 06. Also have a stoma or ostomoy. Will be reconnected after chemo. Never had any tumor marker tests done after surgery or CTs for the stomach or colon. Started the FLOFOX Regime of…
alternative treatments
i've been having a hard time coming to terms with doing alternatives. I've always been interested in them, but the poor science has kept me away. Scouty, Emilly and others stories I've heard have been heartening. I've been doing them now for a month and a half. I've been doing a lot of reading and although they sure seem…
That whole "Guilt Thing"
Scouty grazed this subject in one of her posts. It is that feeling many of us have because we, for the moment anyway, have "won" against this beast called cancer. It is impossible to NOT think of grandma047, fitlisa, pattieb, bsrules' Bob, Btrcup's Scott, Andreae, sea detail, afraidinindy's husband, and a slew of others…
Friday Giggles
Hi Guys: The usual giggles to bring on the weekend! Have a great one! Cheers, Ying - - - - Oh, Goodness Why'd the boy blush when he opened the fridge? He saw the salad dressing! Assembly Required A gynecologist tired of his profession, and wanting less responsibility, decided a career change was in order. After some…
Extreme fatique
Mark hasn't been on chemo for four weeks now but I've never seen him so tired. The littlest amount of activity leaves him exhausted. I thought the chemo would wear him out but he is much more tired now. I hope this has nothing to do with the cancer...
questions for oncologist
Hi everyone, I has been a crazy time for me, sorry that I have not logged on sooner, but I have a couple of questions, for anyone to answer, 1. my genetic test has come back to the oncologist, I do not go back until Jan 5, 07, any6thing that I should ask my onc. ? 2. Also when should I get the blood test that he wants me…
update/prevent recurrence?
Hi It has been a while since I last posted. But I would like to share the news of my dad's Pet scan from yesterday, it showed that there is no evidence of cancer cells in his body besides some cysts/scar from his liver resection in May. THis is really good news to us and we are relieved to say the least. A brief update on…
Stacey - I will never forget this!
Hi All, I am starting a new thread because I feel so strongly about this. It's about what Stacey did for me and other newbies. Jan 2, 2006 I came home from the hospital, scared, lost, and in a kind of dazed funk all together. I posted my first message that said "Newbie here. Really scared. What do I do?". Right about the…
afraidindy
Hullo Lois. I am sorry I missed your post and am saddenned to hear your hubby has been taken from you. I wanted to send some ozzie huggs to you and affirm to you that you are not alone. You have a wonderfull family here on CSN who you may not have met and who I hope have come into your heart with all their love and…
Still NED
Hi All - I was so freaked out waiting that I couldn't even ask for good wishes regarding my latest PET and CT scans on Monday. But, after 3 days of agony I got the results today and STILL NED. I can hear Kathi saying "naked happy dance". Mostly I am just relieved - trying to learn how to be truly happy! I was really…
CP4 ~ Going Going GONE. . . . .
Ok Folks ~ Last Call. If anyone else is interested in joining the fun at CP 4 it's not to late just let me know. The dates are October 11th - 15th in beautiful Halifax Nova Scotia Canada. You can contact me through this site. Lisa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` Colon Palooza 4 ~ Brief Itinerary.…
Stacys 5 Year Celebration Continue
Hi Everyone, With so many new members to our semi-colon family ( Welcome Everyone ) some posts go through the first page of our board before everyone can get a chance to see it and be able to respond to it.. So I thought it would be great idea to keep STACY'S 5 YEAR CELEBRATION around for a few more days.. . . Wishing you…
2 Year Anniversary
Hello everyone, On October 4, 2004 I found myself celebrating my 27th birthday in a cold hospital getting a colonoscopy because of blood in my stool. During the scope, they found a single large juvenile polyp. The GI doc said not to worry, but in hindsight, I think he knew. One year ago today, in fact almost to the hour, I…
Hello everyone
This is a update on Duey's mom and Duey, Ends up the Doctors are saying they don't think she will make it to the weekend. She has cancer throughout her whole body. and is not doing well. I'm sorry to share such bad news. Duey is on his second round of chemo. He got very sick last night he was freezing cold, vomiting he had…
Some Good News
Hello everyone, I went in Monday for treatment #5 and they took my CEA then. Went I went in to get unhooked I found out that my CEA had dropped from 59 to 19 in 3 treatments! Please keep up the positive thoughts, you guys have been great support. I want to see the number keep going down!
please add to options list
I would really appreciate it both to help our situation and others here on this board if we could come up with a list of treatment options, available and in trial..as well as alternatives. Sometimes I wonder if just knowing all the options there are helps psychologically as well as may assist when talking with an Onc...so…
Jokes - Italian Bread.
Two men one 80 and one 87 are out for a morning jog. The 87 year old comes in far ahead of the 80 year old and showing little signs of even labored breathing. The 80 year old notices his friend doing so well and asks him how is it that you can stay in such good shape? It is the Italian bread I eat every day, the 87 year…
No hope for Mark - should he know that?
Today I spoke with a radiologist who has looked over Mark's latest CT scans. He's a known liver specialist who does resections and radio frequency ablation. I thought it would be a good idea to get one last opinion before Mark gets on the freaky trial where he'll be getting drugs so experimental they don't even have a name…
Pet Scan Question
I do not have any copies of my dad's pet scans in front of me and I have a quick question. In the reports, how do they refer to spots that are measurable (lesions, mets, spots??). Just curious.
Science/Alternative Treatments
The government actually has programs running looking at various complementary/alternative medicines, for a variety of diseases. If anyone is interested here is the website: http://nccam.nih.gov/health/bydisease.htm Howard
5Years
(((((((Stacey))))))) Congratulations Stacey, you have been a beacon in the dark for many on this board, with each year you glow brighter. Stay well Ron.
chemo
Hi everyone, Tomorrow I see my onc to discuss chemo options. I am absoloutely dreading going back on chemo!!! After 3 months off of chemo I was feeling really good, better than I'd felt in months. Does anyone have any tips on how to make myself look at this in a positive way. I know intellectually that I have to do it, but…
Immune Cells in Tumor - predict prog and treatment
Thought below was interesting - Maria Science 29 September 2006: Vol. 313. no. 5795, p. 1849 DOI: 10.1126/science.313.5795.1849i Prev | Table of Contents | Next This Week in Science In the mouse, the immune system can recognize a developing tumor and control its growth, but whether the same is true in humans has been…
An old giggle...but a goodie!
A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgeon. As she lay her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird's chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook his head sadly and said, "I'm so sorry, your duck, Cuddles has passed away." The distressed owner wailed, "Are you sure?"…
update and question for scouty
just a reminder of where i am. Stage 4 with multiple small lesions on the lungs. i've had foliri with avastin, folfox with avastin, erbitux and camptosar. lesions were growing on the last mix of drugs, so my onc had no other suggestions. just came back from a 2nd opinion from dana farber (had to wait 2 hours for the appt…
Lung Issues - RESPONSES
I want to say THANK YOU to everyone who replied. I have an appt with my lung doc on Thursday, 4 October and he will be giving me that breathing test to test the capacity of my lungs. The CT Scan I had on 28 September, 2 wks after my 3rd chemo treatment, apparently showed signs of the smoker's lung. But like I said it is…
Thanks to all of you
I truly appreciate all the words of comfort as I go through this grieving period. My husband was my dearest friend and soul mate. Please keep me in your prayers as I go through the visitation period today and the memorial and celebration of his life service for him tomorrow. I am hurting so badly and feel I cannot go…
Colon Cleanse?
Hi all. What are the thoughts of colon cleansing? I know that there are a ton of products out there that claim you will lose weight, live healthier, have more energy, etc by using this colon cleanser. Do any of them actually work and/or work how they say? What are some good ones? My husband works with a man who is trying…
re: Viewing scans long distance
I found a clinic in Mississippi that does cutting edge ablations on cancer patients with liver and lung lesions. The Dr. apparently was the first to do this on patients with mets to the lungs and to lung cancer patients. According to many things I've read online, this has been a very successful precedure. I was excited so…

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