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Colorectal Cancer

Archives for December 2008

Merry Christmas to you all
Hello, I read here daily and gather much inspiration from all of you. You are all an amazing group of people with more courage than I can ever imagine having. I started reading here 7 years ago when my mom was diagnosed at age 46. It had already spead to her brain, lungs, liver, ovary and bones when discovered(although she…
biopsy right now
My mom is having her thyroid biopsy right now as I type this. I pray she isn't in pain. Happy holidays to all of you, you continue to be in my thoughts and prayers. Please don't forget to mention my mom in your prayers. I am asking God to ease her anxiety while we wait for the results of this biopsy. I am also praying that…
PHOTO
Can someone tell me how to enlarge our photo I put on here? Marygale and Hop
Neupogen shots
I'm starting Neupogen shots for the first time tomorrow. My oncology nurses thought it was amazing that I've gone for a year and a half and have never needed them before, so I guess I'm grateful for that. What should I expect? I will be administering to myself because the insurance won't pay the oncology nurses to give…
Merry Christmas
I'm sending this message out to my semi colon extended family. My family and I wish each and everyone of you peace and good will. Keep the hope for a cure to end the pain and suffering we have all had to endure. Faith guides our prayers wrapping the warm arms of our Lord around us in our time of need. My family will be…
Happy Holidays To All!!!!
I havent been on the discussion board in awhile, since October. I hope all of you are doing well. My dad has rectum cancer. Has completed 5 weeks of radiation and chemo. He did very well. Hes 83, had very little side effects. Treatment ended November 5th. He went back to the doctors after rested for a few weeks, he has…
PHOTO?????
Can someone tell me how to get our photo on here? Marygale
RIDDLE
Riddle: I am large as a castle, yet lighter than air. 100 men and their horses cannot move me. What am I?
RIDDLE ANSWER
kimby is the winner of the RIDDLE. CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RIDDLE: At night they come without being fetched, And by day they are lost without being stolen. ANSWER: Stars
HOORAY......I Think??
Just got results from CT and PET scans; the CT showed no further tumors anywhere; but the PET still showed a lit up area along the surgical site of my liver resection done in July which still keeps me dangling when I wanted so much to have clean scans. However, I can say hooray that my oncologist has said not to worry…
Scar Tissue on Lungs
Hello all, Got my CT results on Monday. Everything was good except for a couple small spots on lungs. These were very small, about 2 mm. The onc. says he is not worried but ordered a CT scan in three months to see if anything changes. I have read it is not uncommon for people to have scar tissue on the lungs for any number…
UPDATE FOR HOP
Hello all: Sorry it's taken me so long to get this out to you. We didn't get home from Champaign until late and I've been ((well, WE'VE been)) busy doing some beforehand Christmas dinner things. We met w/ the surgeon this morning at 11:00. We really like him. He's very down to earth...doesn't use the High dollar words too…
CT Follow up good except for...??
H i smi-colons, Just a quick update on the my CT scan and bloodwork. Everything normal for blood and CT scan of abdomen looks completely normal. The chest part of the CT scan has a couple questionable tiny, tiny nodules of about 1 to 2 mm in size- something that would not normally be picked up on an Xray. The onc says I…
Ascites
Has anyone esle dealt with this? My dad has had this problem since September. Doctor finally gave him fluid pills in November (week of Thanksgiving). He lost 15 pounds of fluid in 10 days. Doctor says this was a good sign. He is also on chemo. He was supposed to go down to one pill a day but my dad is stubborn and thinks…
Area of concern near esophagus
Hello: Has anyone ever had an area show some activity near their esophagus. This happened on my dad's summer CT scan. I was so depressed because we finally had a chance to get a procedure done on his lungs and liver at Georgetown but the doctor would not do it because of this activity. Is it possible for chemo to take care…
xeolda and abdominal pain
Hello: My dad is stage IV since May 2002. He currently has cancer in his liver and lungs. I do not know how much. He is on exolda and avastin right now and will start oxiplatin with it next week. Since he has been on xeolda he has had abdominal pain - not constant but here and there. His doctor prescribed him pain pills…
depression
Hello all I hate to bother you 3 days beofre Christmas when it should be such a happy time. I find myself so frightened so derpessed I am really not moving. I am 6 weeks post liver re-section (mets from the colon) four years ago. Chemo should start again 2nd week of Jan and everytime I think about it I feel depressed. This…
MORE QUESTIONS
Hi everyone....it's me again w/ more questions... Tomorrow (Mon. Dec. 22) is the day we have consult w/ the surgeon for Hop's colon cancer surgery..... Here goes w/ the questions.............. Are doctors now days using more laproscopy than the invasive surgery?? Before they can schedule surgery, what kinds of tests to…
recurrence 12 mo post chemo - scared
Hi there - I was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer post surgery in June 2007. They removed the colon cancer (1 in. tumor), the omentum, and my ovaries as I had a 3 lb tumor in left ovary. Went through 6 months FOLFOX treatment and was fine until my CEA started rising in November. It's now over 15 and I had a PET Scan…
new-wife of-34yrs-stageIII-misdiagnosed as crohns
hello My husband was diagnosed with stage III coloncancer on December 9th. After 2 colonoscopies, 3 CT scans and one hospitalization to drain an abcess, our GI doc was sure it was crohns. All biopsies for cancer were negative. Luckily, our doc was aggressive and when he suspected the reason he could not get the scope…
Anyone ever have RFA treatment ?
Hi All ~ I am having RFA for a lung nodule - and I am wondering if anyone has had this done - I have a pretty good chance of lung collapse due to the spot being so small and the fact that I have breast implants - who knew THOSE would get in the way - so I am also wondering if anyone has had a lung collapse and what the…
The Gift of Friendship
Some of you will remember that back in October (Oct 19), I had the most wonderful Celebration of Life and Friendship party given to me. To say that spending the evening with sooo many friends from the past to the present time, was overwhelming (in a good way) to say the least. Then, because I am involved with the theatre…
OK, you have 24 hours to laugh.....
I found the picture of my beau and I in the hot pools in Turkey, covered in mud. You all have 24 hours to laugh, the squemish, turn away!!! LOL, ROFL... Hugs, Kathi (Sort of brings to mind those monkeys in Japan that sit in hot pools with snow around, huh?)
New to this.
I have been dx on Dec. 1 2008 with colon cancer. I am a male 58 years of age and had a colonoscopy which lead to dx. My doctor said I will need surgery but first wants a cat scan to see if it has spread any further. My cat scan is set for Jan.9th with followup on Jan. 16th. This seems long to wait for this news although I…
Constipation after surgery
Hi all, I was recently diagnosed rectal sygmoidal cancer in August 2008, underwent neo-adjuvant radiation and chemotherapy and have was just discharged from hospital after a lower abdominal resection. The incisional pain is now subsiding. But I am experiencing constipation everyday with very little bowel movement. I am…
Has anyone been affected by the leucovorin shortage?
I am a little worried about this whole shortage thing and think it is irresponsible of the companies that make it that it has come to this. leukovorin helps the 5Fu stay in the cell to work longer and although is not a VITAL part of the treatment, i sure don't want to be without it if it is going to help me beat this…
lyrica (pregabalin) for oxi neuropathy
Hi. I'm just about to start taking Lyrica (= pregablin) for the finger and toe neuropathy due to oxaliplatin. Interested to hear from anyone else who has tried this.
oxaliplatin plus xeloda
Hi everyone...I am just recovering from my second resection for liver mets...started with colon in 2005. I did 5FU and had a really hard time with that one. After the cancer moved to the liver I did Xeloda and didn't find it all that bad. Just saw my oncologist yesterday and now she is going to try oxaliplatin infusion and…
How did you get a dx?
My question is how did many of you discover you had cancer? Was it a routine exam,a certian test or the actually colonoscopy? To date I have had a cat scan that only showed Fibriods,an enlarged spleen-Next test were a complete sono of all my organs and a barrium xray at witch time I noticed part of my colon was very…
New Year's Gift
Well gang, the timing is just right! I have my Lung Ablation (RFA) procedure booked for December 30th! The radiologist is going to try and do two lesions/tumours in the one session... using the CAT scanner and a special needle/probe, he will go in and blast the two tumours, individually. Normally, he would only do one at a…

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