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Nausea already??
Day two of the chemo pump (5FU) and I am puking already? Is this normal? The docs and nurses told me I probably wouldn't see any adverse symptoms for a couple of weeks. And I am one who rarely gets nausea for any reason, so this sucks. I have Compazine, and it helped some last night. I don't want to be a whiner, just…
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Weird anniversary
One year ago today I was suddenly hospitalized and ultimately diagnosed with cancer. I'm feeling sort of weird today, because I'm remembering the last day I had before cancer entered my life. But things are good! *hugs* Gail
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Stage 4 Brain Mets
Just an update. My husband passed yesterday morning. Thank you all for the prayers and kind words! God bless you all!
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xeloda vs pump & FATIGUE...NO ENERGY
joey has sigmoid tumor stage 4, has spread to liver and lungs. he is taking Xeloda and iv chemo (every three weeks). today on his tenth day of Xeloda he has incredible fatique, no energy. any suggestions on fighting fatique and has anyone gone to pump instead of oral Xeloda and did it make much difference...MARY (wife)
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RIDDLE
RIDDLE: The sun bakes them, the hand breaks them, the foot treads on them, and the mouth tastes them. What are they? I will post the answer next Thursday. Good luck :)
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RIDDLE ANSWER
RIDDLE: There once was an evil wizard. He took 3 woman from their homes and turned them into rose bushes that looked exactly alike. He put them in his garden. One of the woman had a husband and children and begged the wizard to let her see them. He agreed. At night, he brought the woman to her house. In the morning he came…
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should I be worried?
I just got a phone call from my "regular" doctor. She called me at 9.15 p.m. of course I'm thinking there is some kind of emergency. She says that she is "concerned" about my white blood cell count and wants me to immediately get some more blood work done. I've been out of Chemo since October 2006 and just had my 6 month…
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Where do you get hope when the doctors are so unwilling to give any.
My father has been fighting stage 4 colon cancer for a year now. The most important thing in his everyday life is attitude ... and that little bit of hope. ... yet the oncologist is VERY unwilling to give even the smallest support in that area. Where do you find the will to fight if the doctor tells you it's useless anyhow…
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My Dad
My dad was diagnosed with colon cancer in june of this year. Stage 4 He was operated on August 11 of this year. They ended up taking out 60% of his colon and 27 lymph nodes also removed a tumor. His surgery went well i was able to be thier for that and to help my mom also. Now he is doing 6 months of chemo one treatment…
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CT scan, chest X-Ray today...
I'm off to my scans this morning. My oncologist really didn't feel like it was really important, but is willing to do whatever it takes to make me happy... CT scan, abdomen and pelvic; X-ray for the chest (I had so much radiation to the chest with the breast cancer, she wants to keep it to a minimum). I'll keep you…
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Please pray
Hi All, Just when you think you've got it all under control, you get sideswiped. Found out that my beloved sister has advanced breast cancer. She starts chemo tomorrow to shrink the tumor before surgery, but it has gone from 1.6 cm to over 7 cm in ONE MONTH! We'll need your prayers, please. As soon as my passport is…
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Just thinking
My husband has just finished his third round of chemo - I think he's doing well. This is the first one he has had with his port. All the time he is on the chemo he's normal, he seems to have a reaction after the chemo. He gets chemo from Wednesday's to Friday's. Then Saturday and Sunday he is very tired, late Sat. into…
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Lower Back Pain Almost 2 years out
DX in Feb. 2007, had chemoradiation, colon resection, 6 months of Folfox. I'm pretty much done, NED, movin' on. My CT scans have picked up diminishing scar tissue on my spine from the radiation. I have been having mild lower back pain for about a year, and the past few days, it got kind of bad. Anyone experience this? Was…
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What we love
Hi semi-colons, I was thinking the other day about all of the people and things and events I love. I thought it would be nice to reflect on these with a list - starting now - please add your own thoughts - My wife and kids - my parents and extended family and friends - Music - all kinds, classical, jazz, pop, reggae,…
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pet scan today
My husband is going in today for a pet scan. it has been 3 months with new chemo . he was dx in nov 07 stage 3, chemo stopped in may 6 months completed in july pet scan showed mets to the kidney liver stomach and new tumor in sigmoid area so chemo started again now we will see if this new chemo has helped with the cancer.…
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RIDDLE
Riddle: There once was an evil wizard. He took 3 woman from their homes and turned them into rose bushes that looked exactly alike. He put them in his garden. One of the woman had a husband and children and begged the wizard to let her see them. He agreed. At night, he brought the woman to her house. In the morning he came…
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Lung Surgery Tomorrow (11-18-08)
Hello all, just want to ask that everyone keep me in your prayers as I take this first step into my second journey. I will be under the knife in 7 hours and a few days in the hospital. I will get back to everyone as soon as I can. Until then God Bless you all, and thank you all so very much for being here. It means alot to…
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CEA--Help me understand
I just got a telephone call an hour ago from my husband's oncologist that his CEA is elevated (previously about 3--now high 4). We go in tomorrow morning for a CEA retest. I'm in panic mode. Can anyone tell me what this means and whether this is a terrible development? My husband was diagnosed in May 2006 with stage 3…
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chat rm will be up tues i think
People the chat rm generally goes down till tues. So see you than ok
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Update
Recap: DX Nov. '07 CC Stage 4. 12 rounds folfox + avastin, CT scan stable '08 May, 5-FU + avastin 8 rounds, rise in CEA, first round of folfiri '08 Sept. led to hospitalization, neutropenic fever, dehydration, kidney failure, lost confidence in doctors, switched hospitals, stayed off chemo for 5 weeks, got results today.…
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A bit of Turkish Delight...I'm back!
Well, I'm not quite sure what time it is...between a 10-hour time difference, and a 14-hour flight, I figure that it's 3 weeks from last Tuesday now...rofl! The trip was fabulous! We had some adjustment to living our lives based on 37 people, with time schedules...but for the rest...well, 'squattie potties', MAJOR amounts…
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CP 6 San Francisco ~ Many Thanks
Bob and Katie, Andy and I just wanted to take this time and thank you both for hosting CP6 in the beautiful City of San Francisco. As always we had a fantastic time with our semi colon family. Wonderful memories are made at this Celebration of Life with great joy and laughter. We were sorry that Mark had to cancel at the…
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No Diag. As of yet
Hi all, I am very new to the site. I have not gotton results back from my biopsy as of yet. Have been fighting extreme stomach pain with anemia for over a month. Having a colonoscopy set up in the coming months. And surgery to remove female organs. My Father passed away from colon cancer as well as 2 of his sisters and now…
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Post radiation questions and concerns
Well i made it through the nightmarish hell and monday is my last treatment. My radiation was adjuvant for a malignant polyp and 1 lymph node positive. I did not have any tumor to shrink- and the polyp that i did have prior wasn't even rectal it was 15-20 cm above recto sigmoid junction. The local and doctors at mayo…
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newly diagnosed
testing....J
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Calling all stage 2 rectal cancer survivors, need advice
Hi everyone have posted a few times over the past many months. I was diagnosed with rectal cancer on the 28th of July, since had radiation and chemo. On October 30th had surgery and 14 inches of colon and rectum were removed, and a temporary colostomy, that will be reversed in 6 to 8 weeks. The surgeon pulled 17 lymph…
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Need Some Advise
Hello all, I have a couple of questions that I need advise on and I knew I needed to come here because of all the great people here and all the combined experiences; 1. What are others thoughts on getting a second opinion? I was DX with stage 3c in July of 07, did surgery, chemo and radiation, cancer free June of 08.…
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Erbitux rash
Hi all, My husband just started Erbitux w/ Irinitican for his 3rd recurrence of Stage IV with liver mets. he is full of the Erbitux rash (face, neck, scalp, chest, back) 7 days after just 1 treatment. He is doing 8 treatments before his next CT scan. He is anxious about this rash, is on an antibiotic,but keeps asking me…
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Epidural vs PCA
hi all, I just completed my pre-operative radiation/chemotherapy and am now due for surgery in a couple of weeks. I am now faced with the decision of having to choose between an Epidural or PCA (patient controlled analgesia) via IV and would like to hear your input if you had any experience with either of these. I heard…
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Stage 4 Brain Mets
Hi all. I am new to the post. My husband has been fighting this for 5 years now. It all started in the colon, then the liver, then the lung and now the brain and the colon. He has been in hospice now for over a month. He has been 4 or 5 days with no food and very little liquid. He has been paralyzed from the waist down for…