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Colorectal Cancer

Archives for January 2010

My Onco is sending me to Cleveland clinic...anyone treated there???
Could use any info about the clinic .... where to stay... all that stuff!!! they will be doing my surgery...meeting with them next thursday, havent started my combo of chemo and rads before surgery yet.
Need "somebody whos been there" opinions
My mother was diagnosed with rectal cancer Stage III in August of 2006 at 74 years old, 3 lymphs positive, chemo and radiation then surgery in Jan 07,temp illeostomy, no treatment after surgery due to her back breaking in 5 places from radiation,anastomic leak, 2 hernias, fell and broke hip. Illeostomy reversal in January…
Cantrell's Program....hello Lisa....
Hi Lisa How are you doing on the Cantrell regimen? Serrana
Calling Pennsylvania survivors.....
I am planning to move from So Calif as a snowbird to State College, Pennsylvania to be near family It looks like Johns Hopkins in Baltimore may be the closest NCI Cancer Center Does anyone have any suggestions about living in a small town in Penn as a survivor needing onc supervision ( and hopefully not, more treatment)…
blue shield insurance games
Just heard today that University of Calif NCI Cancer Center is not accepting Blue Shield per Jan 1.........anyone know anything about this????????? Is this what is going to happen with the health (care) reform? Serrana
phoebe1017
I don't know where you live but there may be some help around. There is a device being tested. I can't remember exactly, chemo has me all foggy, I think it's ELAD. It's basically an artificial liver. I'm not sure of the criteria for treatment but you should definitely look into it. I'm pretty sure that if you don't qualify…
Well Rounded Treatment Center (neat!)
From a post in the pancreatic cancer section of the forums, check out the Block Center for Integrative Cancer Care: http://www.blockmd.com/ They use both traditional and alternative forms of therapy (does that lower the Quack rating? lol) and have had some decent success. There are stories of people who have survived Stage…
8 rounds of folfox - and 25 fractions of radiation - DONE!!!
I am not great at posting or coming here very much.....my New Years resolution is to be here more frequently..... I completed 8 rounds of folfox and TODAY was #25 of radiation - I still have 4 more rounds of chemo (folfox)....but get a HOLIDAY of no treatment for a month!!! WAHOO!!! Diagnosed June 4, 2009...I am a stage…
Woild like imput
July 2007 I had a colon tumor removed. It had not perforated the colon. I had a resection followed by chemo. A PET scan in May of 2009 showed a "spot on the outside of my colon where it had been re sectioned. It was to small to place a marker and all biopsy came back negative. A follow up PET scan in Nov of 2009 showed…
I MET CRAIG and ERIC!!!
Hey Everybody! I was in Arlington, Texas from Jan. 1st - 5th. I went to see my FAVORITE team..the Dallas Cowboy's.. on Sunday and watched them beat the pants off the Eagles. What a terrific game!!!....and what a terrific stadium!!! My oldest daughter, Niki, went with me. We had a blast! On Tuesday evening we met up with…
One year anniversary and can't get it off my mind
Tomorrow, Jan. 7th is my 1 year anniversary of surgery to remove Stage III colon cancer. The 2nd was the day I was told by the gasto doing my colonoscopy that I had cancer. I can't stop checking boards, thinking about cancer, etc. ACK! The good news is my check up and blood work a few weeks ago was all fine. Three months…
Where is Phil
Hey, I haven't been on the board much the last few weeks. I haven't seen anything from Phil. Hope you are okay Phil. You always bring a smile to my face. Hope you are okay and will post soon. Paula
Thank you for your support and some suggestions for you
I haven't been on here since my husband, Brant, passed away on December 17th. It has been an incredibly tough few weeks. First, I wanted to share an article that was written about him in the Stanford Daily with everyone. http://www.stanforddaily.com/cgi-bin/?p=1036620 Secondly, although nobody wants to think about this…
question for ostomates
Hi, The doctors did a real good job on my colostomy however its permanent. The stoma looks great and all DR's and nurses comment on what a good job the surgeon did. I only have one complaint. My belly button is an inny. So when I put the base plate on part of it goes over the area of my bellybutton. There isnt much there…
KATE58 BALD
YOU CAN CHECK MY EXPRESSIONS PAGE FOR A BALD PHOTO TRIED TO REPLACE THIS ONE -DIDN'T WORK HAVE 4 MORE ,AS SOON AS I FIGURE HOW TO GET THEM ON
Tomorrow (tonight) is a bit tough....
It was 5 after midnight, I was here in Holland, 3 years ago, when the phone rang with the news my daughter had died. I still miss her, but keep her firmly in my heart. She had her moments, but also had times of joy, and the biggest smile. I feel like turning the phones off tonight, not a single call do I want to have...my…
3 month check
CEA Level 1.85, it went down -- 3 months after chemo was stopped, YES!!!
TONIGHT - Options for Treating Liver Metastases" - featuring Dr. Michael Choti of Johns Hopkins Univ
Talk with Dr. Laura about Colorectal Cancer "Options for Treating Liver Metastases" featuring Dr. Michael Choti of Johns Hopkins University Hospital TONIGHT 8 p.m. EST Michael Choti, M.D., M.B.A. The Jacob C. Handelsman Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Handelsman Division of Surgical Oncology, Dr. Michael Choti is a…
odd question
Now that you have been diagnosed with colon cancer, do you have to not be a donor anymore on your driver's license? I know I had to remove myself from the Marrow Donor website, which was a sad day for me.
not sure what cea's are
Today I went in for round 8 of god only knows how many, I am very disapointed with myself right now . My Dr.told me that my labs all came back very very good she started naming all different kinds of crap off and when she got to my cea's she said it was outstanding 2.5. This is the second time around for me with cancer and…
Bad news
I'm so sad....we got the results of the CT scan and the cancer in Michael's liver has gotten worse and it has spread to the lungs. They are going to put a catheter in his belly tomorrow the keep the fluid drained but that is all they can do. He'll be coming home tomorrow and the doctors want us to contact hospice. How did…
2010 NOT STARTING GOOD
Well many of you know from an earlier post that in november i had a met removed from my main bile duct and a stent placed to keep duct from becoming blocked through a procedure called an ERCP. just had a new pet/scan and met is back and bigger than before. met with surgeon today he wants to do a procedure called a modified…
Clinical trial update
Hi All, A few months ago I participated in a clinical trial of Amgen 655 and Amgen 479 for treatment of advanced solid tumor. The CT scan before Thanksgiving indicated tumor progression. So the trial was not working for me. My onc gave me two options. One is to go back to traditional chemo, which she thinks will eventually…
Swollen esophogas
Hi, everyone, I haven't posted a discussion topic in a while, but I have tried to keep checking in on this site and offering my Prayers. My husband had colon cancer stage 3C, full colonectomy last april. finished chemo in Nove. CT Scan on December 28, Dec. 30 dr.'s office called and said no signs of metasizing. We…
Weather for those in close proximity to Paducah,Nashville,Knoxville,Sheffield,Muscle Shoals Florence
A strong cold front with limited moisture will move across the service territory on Wednesday night and Thursday. An area of light snow will spread across all of our region in association with the front. Total liquid accumulation from this front will average between 0.1” and 0.2”. A typical snow ratio is 10” per one inch…
How many CatScans do we have??
Hi All, Well today I had another CatScan and I'm thinking how many can my body really take? I just had one in october and one in July boy I think I'm hitting my limit? Had a mammogram last week and had to follow up today with another, I think I must be glowing from all this radiation! I just thought i'd ask how many…
Hi Guys
I read this board a lot but usually post on the "Colon Club" website. I'm currently NED, have / had :) stage 4 with mets to the bone. My resent scan was incredibly clean and my onc took me off chemo(10 rounds Folfox) and I'm great. I wanted to share my story of how God intervened for me and what happened to bring me to…
i got my way
went to see the dr today and he said i had 3 choices, 1 another study. 2 no more treatment. 3 FOLFOX AND AVASTIN..just what i wanted i had such good results from it a couple of years ago i wanted to try again and they are going to let me.. i am going to have to stay over night the first 3 treatments because i did have a…
not good-bye just see ya later
hello to my cyber family.i have made a hard decision today on the advice of my radiologist.as i am seeing him for the scar tissue this cancer has left me.as many of you know i stay depressed most of the time because of the nasty side effects i have been left with.its been almost 6 months since chemo ended and i still have…
when will this nightmare end
sorry everyone but I need to vent I am doing well with chemo get great reports from my onc every three weeks and life was good until today and my husband was told he has bladder cancer he will have surgery on Feb 1st. I don't know how much more I can handle we are supposed to avoid stress well I'd like for some one to give…

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