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Colorectal Cancer

Archives for October 2007

cancer is back/ Please respond
after crying, screaming, feeling sorry for my family.....I am better now.....Is back....3 in the stomach area 3 in the right lung....I am having a small surgery tomorrow cause 2 of them are afecting my kidney...they are going to insert a splint ? or something like that...what's next ? More chemo...My onco said that 1st he…
New diagnosis
I know everyone on here is either a survivor or a caretaker, but there doesn't seem to be any other good discussion boards for people in my current situation. I was diagnosed August 2nd, 2007 with stage III rectal cancer. I just ended my stint of chemoradiation therapy, and was almost done with my radiation booster…
Cancer Death Rates Dropping Fast
Good Article from National Cancer Institute http://my.earthlink.net/article/hea?guid=20071015/4712e5c0_3421_1334520071015473808468
Good Stats
I realize we typically don't pay attention to statistics, but these are worth reading.... http://wlit.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=104668&article=2786896
14 tumors gone!!! Yippee!!!!
I had recurrent colon cancer, with 8 mets to the liver and 6 tumors in my right lung. I had hand and foot syndrome pretty badly and my hair got really thin due to the treatments, ugh! I have done 9 treatments of Folfox-Plus and my last CT can showed my liver and lungs clear!!! Thank you God!! I will be doing CT scans every…
Colon Palooza 2008
Colon Palooza 6, 2008 is scheduled to take place in San Francisco, California, in October. Details to follow in the months ahead. Happy Monday, Stacy
Calm down!!
Hi All, It is hard to stay calm when you have been through what we all have. I had bright red blood in my stool this morning. Really scared me. I am right in the middle of chemo. Did anyone experience this during chemo. Some might say hemorroids but I dont think I have any, the original colonscopy showed none. Anyway, I am…
Riddle / Teaser Answer
Okay, SpongeBob won again, but I vow he will not get this Friday's riddle!!!! ANSWERS: S(LAT ROP)E = PORTAL S(NAP MAS)K = SAMPAN O)RAL LOD)E = DOLLAR So once again, SpongeBob gets bragging rights, but not for long :) , :) , :)
scared
that time again....last Wed. was my CT. I ask the guy to tell me what he saw..at first he said " I didn't look " I called him liar...then he said..well as you know you have alwasy had that thing in your kidney..I told him...wrong patient....ooppss...well, I askes the nurse to call me as soon as she knew...She called me…
CP-5 Video
Hi Everyone, Just wanted to share with you all the official CP- 5 video. It may take a few minutes to load so copy, paste & enjoy ~ I know we all did. http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-8279309369197477695&hl=en-CA At this time I am not sure of the official dates and location for CP- 6 but I am sure it will be…
No More Chemo
Went to the onc on Fri and my sweet husband was told that he is out of chemo options...still struggling with his blood clot in his IVC..they drained over 6 liters of fluid from his abdomen..still more to go next week I think..one of the posts asked "Why" and while I think of it daily (he is 55 and we have 2 teens still in…
Life is Good!
Last year at about this time I was wondering how we would EVER get through the next year. My husband and I had a hard time even dragging ourself out of bed to face the day. We put on happy faces for our kids so they couldn't see how scared we were. Radiation, chemo and two surgeries later, here we are. A year has past. My…
Naked dancing in the park....
So, today being Saturday, I decided to do some dancing. I took stock of all the things I can dance about.... My mom is home, has a 24 hour nurse, and is back to being my mom (for 3 days she didn't know who I was, who she was, where she was...). Of course, the apple not falling far, she is a VERY optomistic lady....sees…
happy thoughts
sometimes i feel as i post only bad things -- so i wanted to post some happy stuff 1- my neice said my name before anyones elese-- it was a compitition between me and her other aunt--- i won 2- my nephew won all his soccor games 3- my brother, uncle,dad and hubby are going to shave for me when i loose more of my hair 4- my…
limp nodes
hey i was just wondering if i should be more concerned. two weeks ago i received the best news that the tumors are reducing bt 1/3 but the one tumor on my limp node behind my (misspelled) esophagest(thoat)? is the same size and the limp node next to it is alittle larger. so i went with the positive and started my 2nd round…
Anxious again
Hi everyone, just wanted to share my anxiety again,I have been celebrating ned for few month now, my last pet/ct at the end of august showed no cancer and my cea was .05,colonoscopy clear as well,yesterday I went for a follow up mammogram,because 6 month ago I had one and showed something in my right breast that looked…
TERRIFIC NEWS!
I am so happy and so relieved and so GRATEFUL to God . Surgery went very very well for my husband. What was supposed to take 6-8 hrs, was 2 -1/2! and the surgeon said that he believes he got all the liver mets! 5 spots showed up on mri/ct most of you know.Now after surgery, only 2 he believes were actually really mets. One…
Alta
Still praying for you and looking for your PET results. You OK?
PET results.
Yuck! One lesion outside rectal wall and 2 on liver. Going to see surgeon next week. Onc questions if surgery can be done on the lesion close to the "dome", as it may be too close to the diaphram. Plan is to do 4 rounds of 5-FU, Campstar & Avastin, then possible surgery. Any one loss their hair with that treatment....yea,…
info about....."bsrules"...Sue
Hullo dear friends. Sadly, my news is not good. Many of you know of or have met Sue(bsrules) and some are aware she lost her hubby to cancer. Some of you may also be aware that Sue now has cancer. Sue has a wonderfull friend called Renee who I have been in contact with and Renee is keeping me updated on Sue's progress. I…
Friday Riddler / Teaser
In this teaser your task is twofold. You must first complete two (2) 4-letter workds, sid by side, reading left to right. Secondly, these two words within the brackets must form a 6-letter work when read from right to left. 1. S(L_ _ _ _ P)E 2. S(N_ _ _ _ S)K 3. O(R_ _ _ _ D)E GOOD LUCK AND REMEMBER THE WINNER GETS…
nurses
hey there everyone i need to vent so i am on my 2nd night of the 5 fu pack and my port area was bloody-- so since it was after hours i went to the er to have my port needle and bandage replaced. to be fair i am not exactly nice to the pack so anyway-- he nures at the er only changed the dressing and called it good. then at…
Mary from WI - just asking WHY?
Hello Online Family, I hope each and every one of you are safe, happy, and doing well today and always! ; ) I guess I am having a "sad day" today. As many of you already know; my mom passed away on 9/17/07. And I almost feel like her death hasn't even "hit me" yet... sound weird? My husband and I are expecting out first…
3 Years NED!!
Just got the results from my latest CT scan, all clear! I haven't posted in awhile, so for those that are new, I was diagnosed Stage 4 Feb. '04. Resection, 7 months of FOLFORI w/Avastin, and then RFA in October '04 for three remaining spots on liver. CT scans every six months since have shown NED. I will defer the naked…
Nutrition help
I was so surprised to climb on my scale and see a large weight loss this week. The last time I weighed at the Dr office fully clothed I was 140, and on my scale without clothes I was 134. Scary! I have been trying to get in lots of protein, but the appetite isn't great. Any suggestions? I seem to go from diarrea to…
Back doing someting I love.....
Yes I know i should have already posted this....especially since it happened the last weekend of September.....doh..... As some know I love riding motorcycles. Since my symptoms, surgery and DX, it was nearly 10 weeks since I got any quality time ripping up the mountains. Needless to say, i was suffering from…
Waiting for results
Hi, All Just had a biopsy today, and am now in the never-never land of waiting for results. Does anyone have any tips on how to get through the waiting part without driving yourself crazy? And how to stay reasonably functional in the other parts of your life (work, family, etc) while you're waiting? I'm pretty new at this…
Tommorrow is Surgery
Well, the time has finally come and my husband is scheduled for liver resection tomorrow. Not going to lie, I'm a nervous wreck, but we believe this is his best option. Please keep him in your prayers . I know it's going to be a long week and hope to post some good news on the weekend. I'm hoping the hospital will let me…
Cooking Spices for theropy
I was 37 years old when I was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer, now 5 months after treatment and getting back into cooking, ie eating :) (this is a long read) my husband found by chance, but read for yourself and make up your own mind. Turmeric Powder can be found in any spice isle... Turmeric root extract by Ray…
Survivors....KEEP On KEEPING On :o)
Hi all! It's Monika and her hubby "no type" Bert here. It's been a while since I've posted but I'm always "lurking" and checking up on how things are going. Just wanted to share that it has now been almost 4 1/2 years since Bert was diagnosed stage 3, 4 nodes, and tremendous feeling of doom and gloom lurked over our heads…

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