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Scan results tomorrow!!
I go in tomorrow for my scan results from Fiday's scan. This will tell me whats going on with my cea levels rising. I am so scared and have much anxiety. I got the cea results before Thanksgiving, scan on black Friday and went for a mammogram today. Tomorrow is scheduled chemo so, after reslults I have to go get chemo and…
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The Reading Room ala Hatshepsut-The Month of Giving
Greetings all Here's an NY times article on Giving that you all might enjoy http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/health/01well.html As I was reflecting on that article, I remembered yesterday when my husband's horse's stifle joint locked up. He's had this issue before and I've massaged him out of it though the last time was…
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KATE58 AND IRINOTECAN - DAY ONE
Hey everyone! Just had first treatment of irinotecan. I've been home a couple hours and am starting to feel a little quesey. My doctor only gave me half dose of irinotecan.She wants to see how I do on 1/2 first, because I had all of my large intestine removed and part of my small. So a big concern is diarhea and…
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What to do...
Hi all! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. My husband and I met with his oncologist today to discuss the next steps in this crazy journey. My husband had surgery on Nov. 9th (right hemi-colectomy). He's a stage 2A with no negative prognostic factors (according to the pathoogist and oncologist). All 32 lymph…
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Cleaning for a Reason
If you know any woman currently undergoing Chemo, please pass the word to her that there is a cleaning service that provides FREE housecleaning - 1 time per month for 4 months while she is in treatment. All she has to do is sign up and have her doctor fax a note confirming the treatment. Cleaning for a Reason will have a…
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Been MIA
Hi Everyone, Yes, I have been MIA! I have not forgotten any of you here, you have all remained in my thoughts and prayers. I guess I have been enjoying being NED and getting on with life as to say. We are in full blown homeschooling now on this end and having a blast with it. I am learning daily to deal with the side…
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Please remember
Please remember our Soldiers especially at this time of the year. Cancer is very hard, but our Soldiers have a rough time fighting everyday for what we take for granted. My youngest is in Iraq.
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Donna aka Shayenne
Where are you Woman? Havent see you post in a while and thought I would check up on you. Sure hope everything is okay, please if you get the chance let us know your okay.. Beth
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Friday Riddle Answer
Everyone got it right! Way to go team.... Nudgie, this is a tough job. I don't mind filling in when needed. -p
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Alternatives to Chemo??? Has Anyone Here done that?
My heart is breaking for everyone posting about recurrances and mets to liver. My sister is making me read Suzanne Sommer's "KnockOut" a book that interviews 10 Doctors disillusioned with the Chemo Industry and their alternative therapies to Chemo. The very thing I was hoping for- being resectable so my liver mets can be…
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How long does it take for a colon to heal?
I was told it takes from three to six months for the colon to heal after a colon resection and I’m now at six months, but the area where part of the colon was removed still has discomfort when I bend or get out of bed too quickly. Is this normal, or is the colon still healing? Also, what are the chances of leakage where…
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for kate58
Hi Kate I'd like to connect w/ folks who are in their third or more years of stage IV to talk about experiences and treatments.What have you had since your second met in terms of chemo etc? I am post surgery for my second lung met with clear scans ( age 69), three years from original diagnosis and my docs can't seem to…
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Need your prayers, thoughts, good vibes etc this week
Hello all Well my delightful 45 days of no blood tests, doctors visits, scans, etc ends this week. Tomorrow it's the blood tests and then Wednesday the drive to Salt Lake for a PET/CT Thursday morning, a rectal scope and exam Thurs afternoon, and then meet with my medical oncologist on Friday morning who will tell me…
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always being questioned!!
wanted to share an experinece i had today.. My husband is stage 3c colon cancer.. He started folfox on sept 29th and is almost half way done. He is the only boy out of 6 and so of course i am out numbered. Chris was disconnected on thurs from treatment 5 and so as you know the days following are rough and he is in bed…
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Flipping Mad
I can't even begin to tell you all how flipping mad I am.....After 7 months of being NED I am told I have 4 nods on my liver..I go to the doc on the 4th..to discuss my options and determine what stage it is in...I am so mad that this has happened to me again..Why did I have to get it back when so many other people…
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Ports
How can you tell if your port is going bad? I no some people have to have a few and thats normal. My husbands looks really sore and he says it hurts just to touch it. He also has a low grade fever... Mel
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Struggling after my reversal operation
Sorry I haven't been more active on the board lately, and I'm hoping that all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends. I have not had a real great experience with this reversal. I am going to the bathroom 20-25 times in about 2 hours, something that I knew could happen but was hoping it didn't. I am so…
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going back on Folfox
I will be going back on folfox tomorrow for the second time. Back in 1006/7 I did about 4 months of the drug. Now that I have to go back into treatment my onc wants me to go on Folfox again. Has anyone gone back ona drug and if so was it worse the second time around? I really don't remember it being so bad but then I did…
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I got a juicer!!
My brother surprised me with a juicer at Thanksgiving, it is a magic bullet. I was looking at the champion but they did not even know that. I am just so appreciative that they were thinking of me and wanted to get me one on their own, I never even mentioned it to them. Anyway I am just excited but do not know where to…
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Tiny magnetic discs could kill cancer cells: study
I saw this and found it to be interesting. Goes to show that new things come up everyday, and soon there will be a CURE for us ALL.... Just food for thought... PARIS (AFP) – Tiny magnetic discs just a millionth of a metre in diameter could be used to used to kill cancer cells, according to a study published on Sunday.…
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Hi everyone, Can I join your team?
Hello everyone, My name is Joanne and I was DX'd with stage IIIB Anal Cancer in June of '08. Radiation and Chemo was very successful and all was clear until my most recent PET on Oct 27. Now I am stage IV with a single liver metastases (biopsy confirmed) in the left lobe. I am currently in the process of lining up the…
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stuff going on this week
Well, this week will be a full one for me... Tomorrow morning (Monday), I'll be having a PET/CT scan. I usually walk out of the place w/ a CD of the scan and then I go the next day to the hospital records room and get my copy of the written report. My CEA has been rising over the past 8 weeks, which has always been a…
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TOMORROW,TOMORROW
Well tomorrow I start a new (6th time) round of chemo,Irinatecan, so wish me luck.I'm not as anxious as I thought I would be, Maybe it's starting to feel normal!! Talked to my doctor on friday and we talked about what all of you said about the side effects and drugs you took to alleviate them. She said she already added…
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What to do.. I hate my Job and the Stress
First.. I am Mike I have been on this site for over two years. Have at times posted, but not much. I do appreciate that there is a site like this. It has helped tremendously reading how others are handling/dealing this type of cancer. Just a quick note about my cancer. I am stage 4 colon cancer. I had surgery in Jan 08…
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OOOps... wanted to ask about painful bowel movements
I just made another post and forgot to ask about this. I have not been eating much over the past few weeks. Nothing sounds or looks or tastes good. I have lost 65 pounds now. BUT.. that is ok because I am really a fat person and can afford it... off subject... On turkey day I stuffed myself..not the bird... I mean I ate…
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What non-invasive surgery can be used to remove a few lung mets?
Hello semi family! Hope you all had a terrific turkey day. I have not ate so much in quite some time.... and my bowels know it! LOL.... Anyway, I have come to a point in my treatment where I feel it may be time to consider an alternative to chemo. I had a PET/CT last wednesday and get results Dec. 1st. 3 weeks ago I was in…
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The Burn is here
I know many of you have experienced much worse than I have, so far. But I will complain anyway and take any helpful advice. I've just completed the fourth week of radiation and my radiation oncologist was surprised that I had no major complaints. Well now, the Burn is here, in my vagina and anus. The butt wipes I used to…
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Serrana
Hi, I have been worried about Elizabethgd. Have you spoken with her or her family recently? I have emailed several times over the past few months but haven't heard anything back. Hope to hear good news from you. Christine
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JohnSFO update Scheduled for 12/1!
John experienced another blockage and we made a trip to the ER on Saturday after a valiant but fruitless attempt to move it along with Go-Litely (the daily Miralax doses had stopped working). To make a long story short, he got admitted and will have a colostomy on Monday or maybe Tuesday. We had expected an emergency…
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Got my card!
Hey, Diane. I got my Christmas card today. Yours was the first we've received this season! Thank you so much, dear. Mine will be in the mail as soon as I finish them! *hugs* Gail