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THANK YOU (FRANTIC'S BFF)
HI THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR KIND WORDS ABOUT FRANTIC. FRAN USED TO TELL ME ALL THE TIME HOW GREAT ALL OF YOU ARE BUT WOW !!!! YOU HAVE REALLY TOUCHED MY HEART. I MISS HER SO MUCH. THANK YOU AGAIN AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU ALL.
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While I have Internet.....
These past few weeks, I have had great trouble with my internet connection. So, before I lose it.... Happy Holidays to all! I know that for many 2007 hasn't been easy (today was my daughter's birthday....sigh....) but we still have each other, and the joys that each day can bring us. I light a star for each of you, and for…
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What do I do
well they seem to have given up on my mom at the hospital,the doctor said that he has no more options, they took the NG tube (tube that goes in the nose and pumps the stomach) Remember my mom has a whole in her colon, so this helps to get rid of some of the poison that is going in her body.She has an IV on and they use to…
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BEST FRIEND OF FRANTIC
HI I AM SORRY TO SAY THAT FRANTIC PASSED ON OCTOBER 31ST. I KNOW HOW MUCH ALL OF YOU MEANT TO HER. THANK YOU FOR BEING SO SUPPORTIVE.
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4 year mark
Hi all, I found this site 4 years ago, after my surgery for stage 3, and just before my first chemo. I have just had my follow up onc appt, and remain NED. We will be extending the time betweem appts to 6 months, with annual CT scan and colonscopy in 2 yrs. Although I don't post regularly, I still lurk a lot...for you…
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Blood Clot in Lung/PET Question
My dad's latest ct scan done yesterday indicates a blood clot in his lung. Doctor is giving him some kind of blood thinner (injection) - given both yesterday and today. We are scheduled to travel to England on December 26. Doctor is aware of this and is not alarmed. Is it safe to fly with a blood clot? How dangerous is…
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Nausea
I haven't posted since I finished chemo in August: I suppose I've been trying to put the whole cancer experience behind me (it all seems a bit unreal now). Until recently I was feeling great, running or going to the gym most days and walking our new puppy (my post chemo present to myself!). For the past ten days I have…
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someone wrote a while ago 14 tumors gone
...but I cant find the post....he/she wrote that he was on Folfox plus...what's that cocktail ? Thanks !
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Memorial
As the year is drawing to a close..can we have a post to remember those that have lost the battle but are forever in our hearts> I'll start...my husband Peter...Nov 25/07 fought the good fight for 3 1/2 years...also add to the list Andrea Elder who passed so very young (2006)
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Bone mets confirmed
Hi all! Well I had an apt with my oncologist today who gave me the results of my bone scan and I have 1-2cm mets all over my spine and on the skull. These are crushing news, I was really sad. He said that we can treat this as a chronic disease, so that made me feel a little better. Also he said that both my bowels and…
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CEA 6.8
My CEA is rising again so I'm going to take more Xeloda. I'll be taking 3 in the morning and 2 at night. I haven't had any side effect yet but my onc wants me to call him ASAP once they start. Oh well life goes on. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone.
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missed chemo rounds.
My father was diagnosed with colon cancer that has spread to the liver and possibly lungs. Although no biopsy has been done on the liver or lungs he started very aggressive chemo treatment in October. After only the second chemo round he contracted blood poisoning and spent a week in an induced coma at the ICU. He woke up…
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Choice to make?
Kinda good news. dx stage 4 colon cancer 9/06, liver mets. Colon sugery 9/06, chemo (folfox), liver eesection 2/07, chemo...lung mets discovered 11/07. lung lobectomy 11/07. I just met with my oncologist at Stanford. The issue is adjuvant chemo. He feels that right now none is necessary. He says that essentially, there is…
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A Little Hope for the holidays
Here is a little hope for the Holidays... Last year I was Dx with Stage2 Rectal Cancer on Oct. 31st ...like many of you I've dealt with the Anxiety, 2 surgeries...radiation treatments and months of chemotherapy with associated side effects. But today I am healthy; and because of that I will live for today. I've seen it…
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chemo woes
Ok, I'm on my 3rd day of chemo. The first time around it didn't really seem to effect me much, but this time I'm not doing so well! They have me on anti nausea meds but my tummy is still doing flip flops. Someone told me ginger helps, has anyone tried it? Also the Oxiaplatum is really making it hard to stay hydrated as I…
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toddler wipes
Just a quick note. You can get them at target, they are flushable and man oh man are they nice on the fanny. Enough said about that crap Mark. btw. Thanks for the support on the new chemo. first few days were hum dingers, but already feeling better and the colon pain is getting better so I know some good is being done.
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Ooops
Forgot to mention my dx. for those who don't know me...dx. May 2006 with Stage IV with "too many to count" mets to liver. 'had surgery with 18 inches of colon removed and then 16 treatments of 5-fu, Oxaliplatin and Avastin. I have been off chemo for almost six month with a PET scan about a month ago showing me NED Oct.…
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No more NED for me!
Hi all, Not to be bummed out or anything, but I just spoke with my onc. and "it's back!". He explained how a PET scan can't pick up very small cancers and my numbers went up so we did a CT scan last Fri. and it showed new tumors in the liver. At least there are none anywhere else. He wants me to start a new chemo ASAP, but…
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PET or CTscan followup
Some of you may have read my eariler post about allergies to the contrast for the CTscan. I was wondering about CT vs. PET vs. MRI. I went to see the oncologist this morning and she suggested an MRI this time followed by CTscan in 6 mo. and switch them out so that I didn't have to take so many steriods. As an aside, she is…
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Friday Riddle / Teaser - ANSWER
ANSWER: The puzzler tried to take the test; Intriguing rhymes he wished to best. But "fifty and ten dozens twenty" Made his headache pound aplenty. When he finally found some leisure, He took to task this witty treasure. "The product of the age must be Twenty-four hundred fifty!" Knowing that, he took its primes, Permuted…
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Encouragement?
I posted last on Nov 20. I was dx on 10-30-07 with St IV colon cancer and referred to an oncologist who was going to see me on Dec 3. When I posted, I was asking about nausea. On the Monday after Thanksgiving I was admitted to the ER because I could not stop vomiting. It turns out that I had an obstruction of the small…
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stress and anxiety
I have always been a bit high strung but the anxiety is kind of hard to deal with at this point. It is hard to sleep or think about anything else. Every little ache or twinge I am thinking oh oh what is that for. It seems as if I am very lucky being at a stage 1 compared to many people who learn they have had cancer. I…
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It's Time Again
Well, it's time for my husband's 6 month colonoscopy again. (Dx crc Oct 03, chemo/rad, then surgery, NED since.) We are running 2 months behind this time. My husband's original doctor has moved back to his wife's home in Mississippi. We were told his wife has cancer (not sure what type) and there is nothing that can be…
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Haven't heard from FRAN
I know some of you were wondering about FRANTIC, unfortunately I don't have any news about her. I sent her an e-mail a little while back that went unanswered, also my friend Suzanne, who was helping Fran out lost her phone number and has not been able to get in contact with her. If any of you know anything about how she is…
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Goldfinch
Mary- where are you...we are all worried..hope you are ok Bev
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attn Musiclover
Hi: Saw that you had been online...hope that Mark and Peter have met in the "great beyond"..thinking about you and hoping you are ok..keep in touch.,,would love to hear from you Bev
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NEW update on my MOM
My moms NG tube got blocked in her stomach area, the pain was sooooo bad for her, they finally removed the NG tube and put a new one in,(She decided not to have the surgery...she is scared I guess and the doctor told her he wouldn't perform it on his own mother because of the end result) its been a week since my mom has…
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follow up with 2nd surgeon
I met with an oncologist a few days ago and he had a different colorecto surgeon talk with me today. He seems to think I should have my rectum and anus removed. The oncologist said monitoring was an option for the time being. It seems as if surgeons are pretty go hung on surgery. I asked about my lab reports and he said…
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What a difference a year makes...
Hi All, I wanted to post this especially because there are so many new people on this site. Last year at this time I wasn't sure where I was going to be this year. Although I always stayed positive I was very scared. I had been diagnosed in September with Stage III rectal cancer. I completed six weeks of chemo and…
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Montel Williams
We're back!!! What a wonderful and memorable experience. The word that colorectal cancer afflicts many age groups and to insist on screening will be out!!!! Manhattan was bustling with holiday shoppers. The Rockefeller Christmas tree was magnificent!!! Most importantly, Montel Williams is a truly caring man. He has the…