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Help with liver - Dr. Lenz
Hi, I was just on Dr. Lenz's (USC) site C3 and saw this article on milk thistle protecting the liver. I know that there are folks in our community who are battling cancer in their livers or whose livers have taken quite a hit from chemo. Here's a link, hope it can help. (You may have to cut and paste the address)…
For Mrs R re spasms
(quote) My hands go into painful spasm's. As time went on they have gotten worse. (End Quote) Oxi causes the spasms in many people. I had my hands spasm a number of times. My eyes did it as did my lips. Kathryn in M. had quite a problem with it. She's in Mexico so may not see this right away.... but I'm sure she'll help…
Birthday Cards for Kimby
Hey Guys, Jennie is going to try and contact Kimby again today but I wanted to ask you to help me with something. Kimby's birthday is Jan. 23rd. She threw a HUGE birthday party for her husband this past summer and made this remark: (Quote) If you ever want to make someone feel really special, here’s what Kevin’s Most…
i need my friends advice please..
i found out in march of 07 that i had colon cancer with mets to the liver. same year i had colon surgery and then liver resection. then they put me on folfox and avastin .. then i was 6 months ned. after that 2 small spots showed up in my lung so they put me on cpt 11 and erbatux.and the spots stayed the same. so i went to…
Pondering Again..............
You all know, as the New Year rolls in, we have seen a vast amount of Semi Colons claiming NED...Coincidence? I don't believe in coincidence...Luck? I don't believe in luck either. What I have deduced is that the medicines are making leaps and bounds in the fight against the disease, but most important, the patients and…
happy new year to my family!!!!
happy new years sisters and brothers. may your new year be filled with blessings. may they find a cure for this beast. remember if you are in treatment or done, when you see another day it is a good day. much love to all and thank you for being there!!!!! be well never,ever give up!! bruce
Responding well to Folfori + Avastin
Hi Friends, **** got the results of his PET from Wednesday and it says that the one lymph node shows significant reduction in activity and appears to be responding well to treatment. No new activity!!! We are very pleased with this report. We hope he is heading toward NED or maybe even there. It mentioned that the little…
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