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Archives for December 2009

Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays everyone..I just hope everyone will have a happy and safe holiday...Enjoy your familys and friends it is so important to do this this...Thank you everyone for all of your help and concerns over the past year..I would not have made it this far if it weren't for all of you!!!!!!!!! Julie
Power port wont draw, but infuses fine
Anyone else had this happen? My hubby went for treatment and they could not get his power port to draw blood, although it flushed and infused just fine. It has happened twice so now he is set for a 'cathogram'- I haven't looked it up yet- it is happeneing the day of his next CT scan. Thanks- Kim
cancer of esophagus
Has anyone else developed, or know anyone who has developed esophageal cancer after rectal cancer?
Thank You
I have been reading the posts from you all today and wanted to send my thanks for thinking of me. I must admit to being in the darkest days of my life and wish more than anything that things were different. I did not see this coming. We were so prepared to fight for much longer. I am lucky to be surrounded by amazing…
Headed for HIPEC
Hi everyone, I hope you all are having a great holiday season despite the big C. It looks like I'll probably be having the HIPEC procedure done in January, barring any catastrophes. I've been speaking with Dr. Martin Goodman at Tufts Medical Center about this and he feels I'm a good candidate after seeing my CT scans. He…
Back Pain...
I been feeling abit sore on the right side of my back, low, and sometimes on the back of my shoulder, it's not very painful, just sore, like I pulled something? but my hubby was putting icy hot on it, when he said it looked like I had varicose looking bruises on my back, very small, and reddish looking rashes, very small,…
Vanderbilt
My husband met with Dr. Emily Chan today. We consider it a very informative meeting! Basically, she agreed with my husband's MO that Erbitux is really the last and best first line of chemotherapy left. He is due to start back on chemo on 1/6/10. Erbitux & irinitan (sp). I did ask about the possibility of installing a HAI…
The rest of yesterday's story
I already posted my great news! According to my PET/CT, and my CEA of 2, I am considered NED! And I get a one week break over New Year's. I had a few questions answered about things that the ultrasound and CT had picked up - no worries on any of it. My liver function is back to normal for all numbers. Stopping the…
Mother of the Mayo Clinic
This is from my little blue Advent Book from church "In the early 19th century, a Catholic bishop traveled from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Luxembourg to preach at local parishes about the need for teachers in the United States, especially among Native Americans. His words touched the hearts of two young sisters, Maria…
HAIR TODAY,GONE TOMORROW ! UPDATE
HEY, HOW YOUSE GUYS DOIN'? Well,I gotta tell you,I did not think this would upset me, 'cause I knew it was a possibility, but when I took a shower this morning and washed my hair, it came out by the handfulls! It didn't come out like in the movies or T.V where a big clump came out leaving a big bald spot,it just came out…
Long Term Stage IV survival story
In March 1977 at age of 32 I was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer following a barium enema and subsequent surgery. I was told that no younger patient with same illness had been seen in our central Florida area to the doctors' knowledge (no prize given!). I had a 16" resection and spleenectomy and began a year-long…
Staying active
The studies and recommendations keep showing one of the best things we can do to be proactive after a colon cancer dx is to get exercise. Simple enough - something we actually DO have control over most of the time. Obviously not so much just after surgeries or tough chemo cycles, but once we are done with treatments this…
fiancee with colon cancer
Hi, I'm new here and not sure how this works!
Holiday Diet Tips
1. If no one sees you eat it, it has no calories 2. If you drink a diet soda with a candy bar, they cancel each other out 3. If you eat standing up, it doesn't count! 4. STRESSED is just DESSERTS spelled backwards 5. If you eat the food off someone else's plate, it doesn't count 6, Cookie pieces contain no calories because…
taking break from chemo
While ai am happy to have abreak from chemo. In the back of my mind thoughts of the cancer running rampant through my body play out like a bad movie. I'm afraid all the progress we've made will dissappear during this month off . Am i just crazy or are these normal fears? Deb
Friday Christmas Joke
How Angels Came To Be Atop The Tree Santa was very cross. It was Christmas Eve and NOTHING was going right. Mrs Claus had burned all the cookies. The elves were complaining about not getting paid for the overtime they had while making the toys. The reindeer had been drinking all afternoon and were dead drunk. To make…
My Play!
Is this weekend! Wish me luck and hope I don't flub up, or my bag doesn't bust onstage! (I would die!!) LOL!.... If you are on my facebook, the director made a little video of it, which I posted to my Facebook profile... I'm in ALL black, (not the one with the hat and guns), which I am after the Bubba Santa, at 51 seconds,…
Smoking and Cancer
I believe it causes cancer and it should be banned from Society.
Lurking no more...
Hi all. My name is Kim and my husband was DX in July with Stage IV rectal cancer. He just turned 38 yesterday. We have three kids- 10, 7, and 3. At first the team at Wake Forest here in NC was going to address the primary with chemo and radiation. They went so far as to tattoo his rear in lining it all up. Then we got the…
:(
Got chris scan results today. Mass in his left lung and elevated liver enzymes.. Im sad
dry skin and cracked hands and feet
chemo has dried me out so bad my hands were cracked and getting sores on them being on insulin knew that was not good called my onc and was told about a generic product from walgrens called advanced therapy dry skin treatment and let me tell you it works you apply several times a day (little dab will do you ) and I am…
Dad diagnosed with Stage IV had resection
Last Friday, Dad was diagnosed with Stage 4 colorectal cancer with mets to liver. Dad is 74, recently emigrated from Florida here in the States where I live (I'm in Jersey) to Eilat, Israel. He had a CT last Wednesday that showed a mass in his colon, colonoscopy on Friday and a colon resection this Monday all locally in…
all clear for theraspheres!
I got the news a few minutes ago that i am set for the spheres. I gett hem on monday the 28th. I did the dry run and test yesterday and everything was a go! I think this will be very good news for me! I am nervous but maybe it will get me to resection!! Christy
Krista
Has anyone heard from Krista. she has not posted in a while.
I found something that had to be for us... Please go and look
I found something that had to be for us... Please go and look, Phill, you cant look until you have a guitar in your hands. Go to youtube and look up "Stand By Me | Playing For Change | Song Around the World" I'm telling you guys it's ssssssssooooo what we here on this board are about. Dont miss it. You can also go to my…
WOOHOOO!
WOOOHOOO! WOOOHOOO! I am NED, NED, NED!!!!! Doing the nekid happy dance! Well, ok, I couldn't do it here or they'd probably kick me out of the chemo infusion room. But I'm doing it in my mind and will do it when I get home! The liver shows no activity. The lymph nodes that were enlarged and had activity in September are…
NED at one year!
My doctor's office called to say my CEA was perfectly normal and see you in April for your CT scan! This is 3 weeks shy of one full year since all known cancer was removed during surgery. My calcium was 1 point too high so they said to not take so much calcium. Also, they did not tell me I wasn't supposed to take calcium…
Hi..just signed on today..so new here
Need a place to talk with others who are in the same spot I am. I was diagnosed with anal canal caner in April 09, but now it has matisized (can never spell that word) to the lymph nodes behind my stomach and in my thoriac inlet area. Undergoing chemo, just had my 2nd tx on Monday, and so far everything is going good. I…
Melissa in Cali & Brant
I just looked at Brant's Caring Bridge page and learned that he passed away early this morning. http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/brantwalton There is also a link to a page where people can help if they are able www.brantwalton.org I hope I'm not acting inappropriately by posting this here, but so many semi-colons already…
Phil, HELP me (computer question)
All wise and knowing Phil.... HELP! My anti virus was just renewed a week ago (Norton) and hubby purchased Norton Utilities online at the same time. NOW I have to sign in every time I go to any website. I click on 'remember me' yet they do not! I've checked to see if cookies are enabled and they are. This is frustrating!…

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