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Colorectal Cancer

Archives for October 2009

update for Mac1212
Hey everybody, the surgery went very well. I am am doing well and have been up and around walking already. I even got a bonus..my surgeon took out my appendix while I was under. They have been doing my pain management with an epidural. That has worked out really well and they will be switching me to oral pain meds tomorrow…
Don;t forget to set back your clocks
an hour tonite (Sun,2:00AM)if there's "Daylight Savings time" by you.an extra hour of...... Steve
(Update)Dear all, heart burn is solved,now it is the soreness
Hi dear all,my hubby just finished first round of Folfox today,he started to feel heart burn this morning and last night he couldn't sleep well because he just felt uncomfortable all over.The heart burn just comes and goes,it is terrible feeling.Has anybody had heart burn when you were on the same chemo?How did you deal…
Happy Halloween Everyone
Happy Halloween Everyone Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Halloween. Have fun and remember to be safe. Brooks
Will insurance pay for clinical trial costs - blood work, scans every 6 weeks, etc.?
Does anyone have experience with insurance coverage for clinical trials. The ones that I am looking into, the drug companies will foot the bill for the drugs and that's it. Would it be better to have a PPO plan rather than an HMO plan? I have an opportunity to switch, but the window closes today of course. I was thinking…
Consult with Dr. Lenz for stage IV resistent to Folfox and Folfiri +Avastin
Thanks again to everyone for your support on my post "PET/CT scans - devastating news". I'm still kind of in a fog from dealing with the news on Monday that my lung mets had progressed after 9 treatments of Folfiri + Avastin. Since I had already failed Folfox, my oncologist made it sound like a death sentence when he said,…
STILL losing posts!!!!!!!
and not happy about it after losing a long one. aughhhhh
ERIC
Hey Eric, When you were in the hopital for the blood clots in your legs what were your symptoms??? Was it just pain or other things???? Did you have a tender spot on your leg at all????? Thanks in advance for answering all my questions.......JULIE
I'M BACK!!!!!!!
Hi Everyone, Thanks to all your prayers and good vibes. I felt them during my surgery (for real). Had surgery last Friday and was discharged this Thursday. Am recuping at home with some pain but so glad it's all over. An 8" section was removed from my transverse colon, no sign of the beast in the surrounding colon area or…
CRAIG UPDATE
hello my semi colon family because of the thread l put up on craig yesterday he quickly checked in with me.he wanted me to let you all know he will post as soon as he is able to he is still two weeks out of surgery and he has cuts every where so he cant get comfortable.so l say he should be resting and not on the net lol…
CT results
Hi all, Just wanted to give you an update, I went thursday for my scan and everything was good. They checked my liver,splein,lungs,prostate,kidneys and pelvic and I got the thumbs up, I am so excited I know its only my first scan but I feel like I can breath now. So the bad news is when they did the scan they found a blood…
My niece and nephew
I was diagnosed at the age of 39 with Stage IV. Who knows how long I had the cancer in my colon.... In any case, once I was diagnosed my niece (24) had a colonoscopy (she had no symptoms but was able to get a colonscopy based on my diagnosis) and she had polyps removed. My nephew (her brother who is 29) just had a…
Stage 2B (iiB) and Optional Chemo - Very interesting.
Hello all, K my Husband Denny was diagnosed with Stage iiB (2B) cancer and he was offered adjacent therapy (Chemo) at that time the Oncologist said that in this stage they cannot tell if Adjacent Therapy give the patient a better chance of survival or not as it is in a grey area and they simply do not know for sure in…
Mom got the all clear!!!
I tried to update my post but it is now in the land of the lost. Just wanted to update that Mom's colonoscopy this am was good- an all clear!!! We are so thankful for such good news. They told her she doesn't need another for 3 years. Does that sound right? I would think she should have one every year for a while. Any…
TO CRAIG
Ok bro know you are checking in as you read the pm l sent you glad that you are ok to do that.Know was being sneaky but thats me just hope you will start posting soon as we all MISS YOU! lf you dont start posting will get donna and everyone on your case:-p just get well and post even a hello will do hugs from your sis…
KRAS - Wild!
OK! I'm a 5-year veteran with this Stage 4 Colon Cancer POS and moving on to new territory. I have just learned that my KRAS is "wild" as opposed to "mutant" which makes me eligible for Erbitux. I guess that is next. I must say I am delighted to hear this. It has brought tears to my eyes to have another option at hand!!…
Bleeding
Does anyone else bleed like a stuck pig if they just hit their hand on something? I hit my finger on the end table getting out of bed and didn't think anything of it. I got to the kitchen and blood was running off my finger, I had been dripping blood all down the hallway. My doctor tells me this is from the Avastin, but…
wierd emotions
I don't know how to begin this. I was happy, even overjoyed, about my MRI and CT, and cea being clear. Then I started to wonder, if my MRIs and CTs didn't show anything, maybe they got my diagnosis wrong...maybe I don't have cancer...maybe they made a mistake. Has anyone else felt this way? This has me really confused,…
Tasty:Interesting news item
A Reuters news article dated 10/29 says New Zealand scientists are developing an ice cream called "ReCharge" that uses active dairy products to "relieve diarrhea, anemia and loss of appetite in people undergoing chemotheraphy"....Don't know how this will pan out but shows how universal cancer is and those trying to fight…
Class of spring 2010 roll call - who is just starting chemo now?
It seems there are a lot of us who have just started, or are starting up within a week. Please post your Dx and your chemo plan here. Stage IIIc (sigmoid with resection done) Started FOLFOX 22OCT, and will have 12 rounds bi-weekly.
KRAS mutant? Get rechecked!
I found out today that as much as 35% of KRAS mutant tests could be wrong, I am no longer KRAS mutant. Read my other post "you're gonna love this, help is on the way"
You guys are gonna love this, help is on the way!
About four months ago I had several chunks of my tumor sent off to a new lab for a detailed genetic and protein expressive oncotyping. This is new technology and the lab doing this technically isn't open yet. A buddy I went to grad school with sold them some of the diagnostic equipment they use. He got my samples and they…
Chemo pills???
Can anyone tell me about the chemo pills you can take instead of the chemo by I.V. My Dr. says there is a 5% difference in how effective they are compared to the I.V. treatment. But he was not very forth coming regarding the side effects. Any advise would be great.
Friday Riddle
NO RIDDLE, JUST THREE JOKES. I am a Redskin fan and I do not mind these jokes, but if you do, I do apologize. 1) How do you keep the Redskins out of your yard? 2) What does a dollar bill have that the Redskins do not? 3) What does pee wee football have that the Redskins do not?
Oh Goody, time for testing
That was said very sarcastic by the way. Well, it's time for my colonoscopy, and CEA, and MRI of liver lesion, and now, a lump in breast (new), so another mamogram this next Friday. But the foot doctor yesterday said as he cut on the painful growth on the bottom of my foot, at least this doesn't look like cancer (for some…
Port Removal Today
I had my port removed today. They didn't sedate me like I thought they would, but that never worked anyway, but just numbed the area. The doctor wondered why I didn't go back to original hospital and told her about my terrible experience and she said if you feel pain I feel pain (oh she is my type of doctor). I felt some…
My husband started chemo today,please put us in your prayers
Hi dear all,today is my hubby's first day for adjuvant chemo Folfox.This happened a little bit earlier than what we expected.But the earlier it starts,the sooner it ends.Please put us in your prayers.Hopefully my husband will get through the whole treatment smoothly with no side effects or very little and finish all the 12…
New Member here
I'm Vicki and I was just diagnosed July 2nd, 2009 with Stage IV Colon Cancer at the age of 34. I just celebrated a very happy 35 birthday, but the chemo treatments are starting to wear me down. I am scheduled for 12 treatments and just finished cycle 7. My husband of eight years just left me for another woman a week ago…
Still losing posts........
I made two kinda long posts to thready and to cyndi and neither one went up. Im gonna contact Greta to see whats up...So, copy and paste if you must...Im sure it will all be good very soon...
Working the cancer, So the cancer can't work you.
Day one of radiation and a new drug xeloda, I had approached this day with great reserve, afraid of what was to come, what side effects will i be lucky to have and which ones will i avoid, will i be tired will i feel good, will i want to do anything or will i just be dazed out, I was worried and the cancer was working me,.…

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