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Calling on all stage 3 :)
I really like reading about how well the 4's were doing, it's so encouraging! Now let's hear from the all stage 3's! Tell us if you were a 3 - A,B,or C. I am a 3c, dx'd 7/06 had sigmoid with 18 inches removed, folllowed by folfox 6. Could only tolerate 8 of 12 tx's the last 4 were at 25% but CEA is 1.7 and CT was NEDin Feb…
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Chemo or viral that is the question?
Hi all, Started my chemo of FOLFOX on Monday (they will be adding Avastin next go around). Was not feeling real great the weekend before chemo (had surgery Feb. 5, on antibiotics for incision infection). Anyway had chemo and did ok, however the following morning woke up horribly nauseated. I met with my surgeon that…
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Calling All 4's..
How many colorectal stageIV's-(mets to lungs,liver,etc) do we have ON csn,what kind of treatment are u recieving,and how many years have you lasted? Oh yes, and how many are NED? Nanuk/ mets to lungs-not growing)/Avastin/Erbitux; no tx 3 months
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Cancer Patient's Guide to 2nd Opinions
Mark your calendar for April 3 at 4PM PDT for a live on line discussion
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Friday Giggles - What's a Bowel?
Hi Guys, Some giggles again, with the hope to brighten your day a little! Enjoy! Cheers, Ying ================== Glossary of medical terms B Bacteria - The back door of a cafeteria Bandages - The Rolling Stones Barium - What doctors do when patients die Benign - What an eight-year-old wants to be Bolus - What…
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Strange PET/CT Scan Problem
Hi Guys, History: Dx Christmas 05, Stage II, 2 very large, high-grade tumors, 6 months of FOLFOX, ended July 06. Have been NED since. Clear PET in August 06, CEA at 0.5. Everything was just peachy, until last Thursday. I had my every-6-months PET/CT last Thursday at Stanford. Today I got the results. It's pretty much all…
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long day yesterday but we made it
Yesterday, my husband had his first regular treatment. It was a very long day , starting at 10:30 and winding up at 4:15. All in all it went pretty well, except that one of the iv bags had a hole in it and sprayed out avastin all over the place. I thought "this is not a good sign", but the nurses were wonderful. Very…
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I am feeling very depressed
HI everyone,I have been debating in posting about how i am feeling or not,but I decided that I needed to share. updating I was dx July of last year,stage 3,one positive lymph node, finished treatment January 31 of this year, cea count after treatment 0.5, pet scan feb.21 says no abnormal foci or FDG uptake that would…
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avastin + xelox vs 5FU
Hi. I'm currently on FOLFOX (5FU-based) plus Avastin. I'm interested in Xelox + Avastin instead (I'm beginning to dread the 48 hr drip). But my oncologist feels there isn't enough evidence yet to support xelox + Avastin in the adjuvant context (ie for stage 2 or 3) -- Although there is good evidence for metastatic disease…
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Kangatoo reiterating apologies
Why do you feel you have to reiterate your apologizes for being 3 years one month NED? It's people like you that give everyone else hope. Thank you for sharing. People liked you helped me so much when my husband was first diagnosed. Thank you, thank you!
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Wonderful News !!!
Hi Everyone, Just wanted to give you a great update ! My mom, originally diagnosed January 2003 with Stage III, just received a clean bill of health from her last CAT Scan.. Four whole years have passed already !! Vanessa
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Please Help
This was on the news weeks ago and we should try to do something to get this drug moving forward. PrintEmail Article Tools Page 1 of 1 The headlines should have read: Canadian scientist discovers possible cancer cure. Wolf Blitzer should have mentioned it on CNN. Instead, the headlines read something closer to:…
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http://www.cancerfightingstrategies.com
Hi All, I was just diagnosed with a tumor in a right colon with a size of fist. The biopsies were taken. On Monday they'll tell me if any cancer is there. But, it's 99.9999% it is there. I've found some site from the Internet http://www.cancerfightingstrategies.com It looks as it can make sense. I'm looking at the 7th…
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First treatment is tomorrow
Hello everyone. My husbands first treatment is tomorrow(finally). Please keep him in your prayers. As you can imagine, we are very apprehensive. Your positive thoughts and prayers mean a lot. Thanks and God Bless.
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Attractive chemo pump packs?
Excuse my vanity, but one of the hardest things was walking around with this huge, ugly, uncomfortable pump/fanny pack thing. A co-worker gave me the cutest satchel in which it fit perfectly, and though it is such a small detail, it had lifted my spirits tremendously, as people see it and say "cute bag" rather than look at…
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Anyone putting off non cancerous medical procedures?
Does anyone else put off non cancerous medical procedures? If I have a wart on the end of my nose for example, I will put off going to see about it until I have my CT scan. I want to be sure I'm still NED before I go to the trouble of having it removed. That is just one example. I think I'm adjusting very well after…
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Hope for unresectable liver tumors
Largest Study to Date Confirms Effectiveness of Radioembolization for Unresectable Liver Tumors 02-26-2007 CARY ÃÂ Radioembolization is considered a safe and effective treatment for patients with liver tumors that cannot be surgically removed and can be safely applied to a wider group of patients, according to the…
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Help stage 2!
Need to find someone that is a stage 2 that is also a colon cancer survior like me to talk with, I'm having a hard time being only 1 year out!
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Good news and update on liver surgery
Hello all. Her is a quick history: dx stage 4 colon cancer on 8/28/06. Colon surgery on 9/1 removed 21 nodes, 1 positive. I had a CEA of 17. I had a 3 cm tumor located in right posterior lobe of the liver, by CT and PET. I went on 6 months of chemo (xeloda, erbitux, oxyliplatin) interrupted by a Thanksgiving pulmonary…
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Free Patient/Caregiver Seminar
Conversations about Colorectal Cancer: Finding HOPE (Healing. Options. Peer Support. Education.) in your Community presented by the Colon Cancer Alliance are free one day seminars intended for colorectal cancer survivors and caregivers. These seminars will offer information about the latest treatment advances and give…
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Good news!
Thank you all for your prayers...they have been answered! Got a clean CT scan and CEA has gone to 1.7! To re-cap, dx'd 7/06, sigmoid ca and had left hemi done for stage 3c. Found 16 of 20 nodes were cancerous. CT was clear. However MD noted CEA was 4.8 before and after surgery, so had Pet which showed 1.5 cm node in pelvis…
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Want to hear something funny? Not ha ha funny but...
In our relationship, Jim is the one who is typically more reserved. I am the gregarious, dramatic, hypochondriac, loud talker. (Wait till you meet me at colon palooza!) In the past, Jim has been the rock in our relationship. He sort of keeps me tethered to the earth. In a good way. Right before his diagnosis, I was having…
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Just curious
I'm having a hard time with the phone calls, questions, etc., etc., regarding my diagnosis. All I talk about is "cancer". Just wondering if anyone anyone else has gotten tired of talking about it and rehashing the past events? I do know this is normal for people who care to want to let me know they are there for me but I…
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First Treatment is History
Hello Everyone, I had my treatment Feb 26. FLOFOX6 avastin, oxaliplatin,5Fu/LV, and xalproden. Days three, four, and five I was sure, I was going to be with the Lord. Here I am ,day seven telling you about it. I will have labs done tomorrow, to see if I need to take antibotic. With God' help, I am going to be able to do…
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Back from Boulder-Cyberknife
Good Sunday afternoon to all you wonderful semi-colons: Well, we are back from Rocky Mountain Cyberknife In Boulder. We met with Dr. McNeely who is the doc handling my mom's care. He spent about 2 hours with us going over everything . It was wonderful to talk with him. With my mom's primary onc, I practically have to stand…
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reading a pretty good book...
Hi there, I just started a pretty good book, I think very good, and I thought it was worth mentioning... It is by a celebrity, but don't let that deter you; it is thoughtfully written and very logical. The book: Mariel Hemingway's Healthy Living from the inside out. It might be considered a bit girly - and even says Every…
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caregivers
to all those who are "caring" for a loved one with cancer...you may find it helpful to post at the "caregivers" site...there are so many of us..I am not sure why that site is not more active? bev
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Update
I posted a couple of days ago regarding my temperature spiking in the afternoon and that I had an app't with my surgeon on Friday. He thinks I may have an abscess and has ordered a CT to see if there is a "pocket of pus" as he called it. But I can't get my CT until 3/22 so I'll start Monday on getting it sooner. He put me…
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iron and colonoscopy
Hi everyone I am schedule to have a colonoscopy next Weds. March 7,this will be the first after dx.and of course I read the instructions given to me for the preparation, but I don't know why I started looking for information from different site about that. In most of the instructions tells you to stop taking vitamins with…
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colon cancer to ovary?
I am new here. I had stageII colon cancer two years ago w/ surgery but no other treatment. now they have found a questionable mass on my ovary and they want to take it out. has anyone had their colon CA spread to the ovary? I am worried.